LOS
ANGELES, April 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Scientology
Network's DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASE, the weekly series providing a
platform for independent filmmakers to air films on important
social, cultural and environmental issues, presents the documentary
The Bullish Farmer on April 19,
2024.
DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASE airs Fridays at 8
p.m. ET/PT on Scientology Network.
The Bullish Farmer tells the story of a Wall Street
investment banker turned small farmer. While struggling to build
and operate his family farm, John
Ubaldo discovers the dangers posed by corporate farming and
becomes an advocate for sustainable agriculture.
Directed by Ken Marsolais, The
Bullish Farmer follows the journey of John Ubaldo, a former investment banker who left
Wall Street to buy and run a small family farm in upstate
New York, with an idea to farm as
it was done 100 years ago. He was soon forced to confront the
realities of competing with powerful corporations and the modern
farming methods they employed. With their extensive use of
chemicals, pesticides, GMOs and massive confined animal feed
operations, he learned their practices were ravaging the soil,
polluting the environment, producing less nutritious food and
causing unjustified animal suffering. This awareness prompted
Ubaldo to become an outspoken activist for sustainable farming in
order to educate the public, produce healthy food and preserve
small rural farms across the country.
The Bullish Farmer is the recipient of numerous film
festival awards, including Best Director, Documentary Feature at
the Queens World Film Festival, Kaiser Permanente Thrive Award at
Cinequest, Best Documentary Feature at the Jersey Shore Film
Festival and many others.
ABOUT KEN MARSOLAIS
Ken Marsolais is a Tony Award and
Pulitzer Prize-winning producer/director who has worked in theater,
film and the arts for over 40 years. He has produced such Broadway
classics as The Shadow Box, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf and Long Day's Journey Into Night. Marsolais
also directed the opening and closing ceremonies for the 1996
Olympics that took place in Savannah,
Georgia. His goal in making The Bullish Farmer is to
inspire awareness about the importance of the food we eat, gain
support for small farms and help save rural America.
In an interview with Scientology Network for DOCUMENTARY
SHOWCASE, Ken said:
"We feel so very blessed to be a part of Documentary
Showcase on Scientology Network. We have to thank you so much
for the work you do—the good, vital, important and beautiful work
you do—and bringing messages, important messages, to the
world."
ABOUT DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASE
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extends to some 200 nations with programs for human rights, human
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For this reason, the Scientology Network provides a platform for
independent filmmakers who embrace a vision of building a better
world.
DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASE debuts films weekly from award-winning
Independent filmmakers whose goal is to improve society by raising
awareness of social, cultural and environmental issues.
For more information, visit scientology.tv/docs.
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