They’re Trying To Kill Us: Inside the Next Big Vegan Documentary

An inside look at “They’re Trying to Kill Us” from the creators of the groundbreaking documentary. John Lewis and Keegan Kuhn join “The Weight Loss Champion” Chuck Carroll to discuss the making of the film and the systemic issues that are driving health inequality in the United States.

About the film:
"“They’re Trying To Kill Us” is the follow-up feature length documentary to the award-winning film What The Health, focusing on food (in)justice told through the lens of Hip Hop and urban culture, produced by Keegan Kuhn (Cowspiracy, What The Health) and John Lewis (Badass Vegan, Vegan Smart).

Hip Hop influences global culture more than any other art form in human history. What Hip Hop artist say, wear, drive, drink and eat influences the purchases of millions of people around the world. As more and more influential Hip Hop artists adopt a food conscious lifestyle, it has the potential to radically shift the world they speak to. Their global influence has a real possibility of combatting chronic disease, minimizing climate change, reducing healthcare costs, ending starvation and promoting compassion.

The aim of the film is to encourage critical thought about justice by highlighting Hip Hop artists and activist who speak about injustice in all its forms. The film addresses food access and food deserts, nutritional and environmental racism, diet related diseases, racial disparities of disease, government corruption, animal cruelty, climate change and ultimately how the influence of Hip Hop will save the world."

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Physicians Committee

John Lewis

Keegan Kuhn

Chuck Carroll

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[CatherineValentineAuthorPoet]

As a young teen I worked on a turkey farm that had six houses. I can attest to being desensitize to animals and their pain. I'm in my 30s now and I'm a Christian and vegan and I know God never wanted His creation treated that way. I didn't know better, but I do now. I started being whole foods vegan for my health, fell of the wagon once, but got back on and stayed on and my health vastly improved (40 lbs. down, no longer borderline diabetic, and my sensitive stomach stays happy). I'll forever remember my days at the turkey farm and let that keep me vegan.

[claudiabader]

I am from Germany and 46 years old. I was in the hospital because of high blood pressure and cholesterol. The doctor gave me a diet plan which basically includes no animal products maximum 2 eggs per week meat of fish max twice a week... At least the system is a little bit more honest here in Europe. I always ate many dairy products and too much meat. Like most German people...
I changed to a vegan diet. I feel better. I am hoping to heal... Information is everything. Let's hope that more people get informed and find a way out of this food epidemic.

[princessirulancorrino]

I’ve been vegan for almost 20 years now. I’m 41 years old and I feel better than ever. I went on my vegan journey when I was 21 years old and I was finally finantially independent. I would have began earlier because since I was a little girl I always thought that there was something wrong with eating animals. I felt that us humans didn’t have the right to take a life to live on earth.

[DavidBee]

Wow wow wow, this film is going to have a huge impact. Thanks from the bottom of my heart for addressing these issues.

[sweett]

I just recently found this channel.However, I must say I am grateful for the wealth of knowledge that this channel conveys. Thank you for your work! Love from Seattle, Wa 🍍🥬🍓

[TeamVampireHunterD]

As someone in nursing school who lives in a low-diverse area, I think that this movie will help me be more aware of the health struggles of cultural minorities. Anything that helps broaden awareness is worth looking at, even if you wind up disagreeing in the end at least you thought about it. Thank you for making this movie!

[pennynolan]

Bless all of you! This information needs to get spread far and wide. Been WFPB for 2 years now, and wouldn't even consider going back, no matter what the backlash has been.

[ButterflyLullabyLtd]

I am shocked at how bad things are in the USA with regards to having no supermarket in poor areas. Or Farmers Markets. Totally unacceptable. Thank you for sharing. Really makes you appreciate these things even more.

[eyes-freefitness]

I went straight and bought the film. I hope it is well done so that I can convince and share it with my family. Very very excited about this one! I hope it does well.

[bethaniejify]

Badass vegan description of how the hogs ran away from the farmer, and toward him. 😢

[sumbowilliams]

"You can prevent killer diseases simply by what you eat" Very true...

[heatherbee]

An additional comment to help answer Chuck's question to John around 26 min. mark. African Americans, as well as many other people of color in the United States (and perhaps elsewhere) can oftentimes live in a perpetual low level "fight, flight, freeze" mode as they are constantly under threat by a systemically racist society. I'm a psychotherapist and can assure you that many people of color I work with acknowledge they feel the need to be constantly on alert as the systems (educational, economic, political, etc.) treat them unfairly. The long term impact of a human being being in a hyper-vigilant mode directly impacts the physical body as we are not designed to feel under threat 24/7. The sad thing is that the unhealthy foods just make the situation worse, as the body is unable to rejuvenate and nourish itself with a deficient diet and without the ability to return to a state of rest and calm, chronic disease results.

[mirlametcalfe]

I’m grateful for every piece of information that you all give to us .
I hope that one day these beautiful animals won’t have to live in fear and that our world will be looked at in a different and better way and that we’re kinder to one another
Thank you for all your hard work 🙏🏽

[christinahutchins]

🙌 I am so looking forward to this . Thank you for all of the work to make this movie

[ASMRyouVEGANyet]

The part about the doctors not taking black people's pain seriously, is like how doctors don't take women's pain seriously.

[TeeOba]

"What the Health" made me vegan (Summer of 2018). It was the final piece of the jigsaw puzzle that showed me the whole picture. Thank you for making it Keegan Kuhn.

[russelmurray]

Your mom is correct in thinking doctors only want her money. Doctors aren't honest usually unless they start with what to eat. Food is medicine

[christinachwyl]

Essential, compassionate, courageous work. Bravo.

[shaunaburton]

Netflix needs this! Seaspiracy got lots of views on Netflix.

[PlantPoweredRadio]

Thank you! The Food Empowerment Project is an awesome group too, they talk about "food apartheid areas" since it's an intentional construct rather than a naturally occurring thing like a desert or a swamp.