Environmental Heroes
A television documentary profiling three North Carolina "environmental heroes" will air Thursday, Feb. 11 at 9:30 p.m. on UNC-TV (North Carolina Public Television).The program was written and produced by students in the science documentary television course at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill."We hope the documentary provides inspiration for people who believe that one individual can make a huge difference in protecting the environment," said Dr. Tom Linden, executive producer and director of the Medical and Science Journalism Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.The three "environmental heroes" include:*Dean Brooks, a former dairy farmer from Goldston, N.C., in Chatham County who started and runs one of the largest compost businesses in the southeastern United States. He and his family turn organic waste into profit while reducing garbage going into landfills.
Dean Brooks, a former dairy farmer from Goldston, N.C., in Chatham County who started and runs one of the largest compost businesses in the southeastern United States. He and his family turn organic waste into profit while reducing garbage going into landfills.•Gary Grant, a community activist from Tillery, N.C., in Halifax County who has worked for decades to protect his African-American farming community from polluting industries such as corporate hog farms. He led the fight to institute a hog farm moratorium in North Carolina.
Gary Grant, a community activist from Tillery, N.C., in Halifax County who has worked for decades to protect his African-American farming community from polluting industries such as corporate hog farms. He led the fight to institute a hog farm moratorium in North Carolina.•Todd Miller, founder and executive director of the North Carolina Coastal Federation in Newport, who has built one of the largest coastal protection organizations on the East Coast.
Todd Miller, founder and executive director of the North Carolina Coastal Federation in Newport, who has built one of the largest coastal protection organizations on the East Coast.Associate producers of the program are Jim Sander, documentary film producer, and Blair Pollock, environmental film producer and solid waste planner for Orange County, N.C.
Videographer/editor for the program was Martin Brown of Treehouse Productions in Hillsborough, N.C. Additional videography was provided by George Bryant.Music was by Carrboro resident Chris Frank of the Red Clay Ramblers.UNC students from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the Gillings School of Global Public Health produced and wrote the three profiles. They include segment producers Jessica Hughes, Julea Steiner and Sander. Segment associate producers were Kathryn Barr, Jiang Li, Joseph Marra, Kevin McKenna, Emily Waters and Sarah Whitmarsh.Scriptwriters included Kelly, Linden, Julia Connors and Maggie De Pano.Animation was by Zachary Ferriola-Bruckenstein.The documentary previously was a finalist in both the Carrboro Film Festival and the North Carolina Visions Film Festival.For more information about the documentary, go to: http://www.unctv.org/environmentalheroes/index.html. For more information about the Medical and Science Journalism Program, go to:
