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UCSB Vegan Studies Presents FREE Documentary Film & Vegan Buffet

Fri, November 16, 2018

6:30 PM - 9:00 PM PST

UCSB Campus

1104 Harold Frank Hall, Isla Vista, CA, United States (map)
  • Vegan
Tags: Film
Event Description

Please join us for this special event on Friday November 16th at 6:30! Register to attend on our website: https://www.veganstudies.org/special-events-calendar/the-invisible-vegan-jasmine-levya

The Invisible Vegan is a 90-minute independent documentary that explores the problem of unhealthy dietary patterns in the African-American community, foregrounding the health and wellness possibilities enabled by plant-based vegan diets and lifestyle choices. Over the past three decades, coronary heart disease and diabetes have steadily grown as the leading causes of health problems in America, disproportionately impacting the African-American community in particular. This documentary offers both historical and contemporary perspectives on the dietary trends among African-Americans, showing how intertwined histories of slavery, twentieth-century socioeconomic inequalities, and the rise of Big Food have led to the increased consumption of and dependence on meat, and processed junk and fast food. Starring Jasmine Leyva, Cedric the Entertainer, John Salley, Stic of Dead Prez and Tracye McQuirter.

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