The film is based largely on the ideas in The World Peace Diet by Dr. Will Tuttle and the life of activist Michael Lanfield. Tuttle argues cogently for a spiritual component, one where the consequence of using and consuming animals, so ubiquitous in human society, affects us not only in ways that can be measured physically, but spiritually as well.
Michael Lanfield started writing and producing the film in 2013 with the intent to awaken the minds and hearts of people to the beauty of life on Earth. The suffering and violence that we inflict on others is the direct result of the violence that we instigate at every meal.
“I think the core of the teaching is really to spread a sense of radical inclusion and to include everyone in our sphere of compassion.”
‒ Dr. Will Tuttle
‒ Dr. Will Tuttle
“I believe that until we are willing and able to make the connections between what we are eating and what was required to get it on our plate, and how it affects us to buy, serve, and eat it, we will be unable to make the connections that will allow us to live wisely and harmoniously on this earth. When we cannot make connections, we cannot understand, and we are less free, less intelligent, less loving, and less happy. The most crucial task for our generation, our group mission on this earth, perhaps, is to make some essential connections that our parents and ancestors have been mostly unable to make, and thus to evolve a healthier human society to bequeath to our children. If we fail to make the connection between our daily meals and our cultural predicament, we will inevitably fail as a species to survive on this earth. By refusing to make this essential connection, we condemn others and ourselves to enormous suffering, without ever comprehending why.”
‒ Dr. Will Tuttle
‒ Dr. Will Tuttle
The film is currently in writing and production.