December 29, 2022 – Thursday
Below is the final scene of the documentary feature film that I directed and produced, MisLEAD: America’s Secret Epidemic about the epidemic of Lead poisoning in America today. This scene is about Lead in Chocolate (& Wine!). The scene was filmed in Boston, Mass in February of 2012 (more than TEN years ago — and FYI, not much has changed in the chocolate industry since then). The woman speaking is Ronnie Levin. Ronnie is a professor of Environmental Health at Harvard, and an expert on the subject. To read more about the issue in detail (as discussed in this film clip) read this article: https://tamararubin.com/2013/12/lead-in-chocolate-really/
To see the full film, click the link below [due to attacks on my work, which thwarted the completion and distribution of the film, it is not yet officially “finished” – but it looks finished to most viewers! – and it has not yet been distributed]. It includes music donated by The Who, Tom Waits, and Maia Sharp. Jon Fishman (drummer of Phish) is an Executive Producer of the project. It has footage of my presentation with Bernie Sanders in Flint in 2016, and footage from my Interview with Noam Chomsky. The film includes interviews with parents of Lead-poisoned children across the country, as well as experts in all fields related to Lead-poisoning (doctors; scientists; policy makers; educators; politicians; and more). https://vimeo.com/156169133/7915741044
I love and treasure what you are doing Tamars, for years I rely on your research !!