Director BIO: Paula Fouce (THE DARK HOBBY)

Paula Fouce produced and co-directed with Academy Award nominee William Haugse, the documentary film, Song of the Dunes: Search for the Original Gypsies. It spotlights the Roma people, “gypsies” (PBS Stations). She directed and produced the award winning Not in God’s Name: In Search of Tolerance with the Dalai Lama, (PBS) which screened through the… Continue reading Director BIO: Paula Fouce (THE DARK HOBBY)

Feature Film: THE DARK HOBBY, 55min., USA, Documentary

In Hawaii a group of Native Hawaiians and conservationists struggle politically to protect the exotic fish being looted from the reefs. Turtles, whales and dolphins are all protected, but not the fish. Now many verge on extinction. 28 million fish are in the aquarium trade pipeline at any given time. They undergo bladder piercing, fin… Continue reading Feature Film: THE DARK HOBBY, 55min., USA, Documentary

Director BIO: Crystal Buckey Brown (A FOOD STORY: THE REGENERATIVE RANCHER)

Our Group Creative Director Crystal has been with MarketPlace almost from the beginning. She’s won industry awards for video, web design, packaging, and even magazine design, and though she’s arguably at the forefront of the health and wellness design movement, and though she’s basically mastered the art of pet photography, if you were to ask… Continue reading Director BIO: Crystal Buckey Brown (A FOOD STORY: THE REGENERATIVE RANCHER)

Short Film: A FOOD STORY: THE REGENERATIVE RANCHER, 6min., USA, Documentary

The soil grows healthy plants, the healthy plants grow healthy animals, healthy animals grow healthy people,” says regenerative rancher, Greg, of Green Pastures Farm in Rucker, Mo. The future of the land, the animals, and the soil is a vital conversation that we need to keep having in the most thorough way possible. So the… Continue reading Short Film: A FOOD STORY: THE REGENERATIVE RANCHER, 6min., USA, Documentary

Director BIOS: Sashko Danylenko, Laura Tufariello (WATCH THE FEET)

Sashko is an independent filmmaker from Ukraine who has his own individual style. Sashko joins folk and contemporary, nature and digital in his works. He creates magic worlds with colorful characters and extraordinary allegories. He was born in Eastern Ukraine in 1989. Sashko spent childhood drawing a lot, reading books and riding his bicycle. In… Continue reading Director BIOS: Sashko Danylenko, Laura Tufariello (WATCH THE FEET)

Short Film: WATCH THE FEET, 6min., USA, Documentary

Most consumers want to do the right thing to help keep our planet healthy, but it can be confusing. Feel good words like biodegradable, natural, recyclable, sustainable, etc. may actually encourage consumers to purchase more without guilt. But everything has an environmental footprint that affects our planet by using up earth’s resources and releasing toxins… Continue reading Short Film: WATCH THE FEET, 6min., USA, Documentary