Tranquility du Jour #349: The Last Pig
Tranquility du Jour
Kimberly Wilson
4.6 • 554 Ratings
🗓️ 28 September 2015
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Bonjour. Welcome to the 349th edition of Tranquility du Jour: Filming The Last Pig with Allison Argo. Hear her non-traditional and award-winning filmmaking journey, path to creating The Last Pig film, and touching tales from working on this project.
Featured Guest: Allison Argo’s films have won over 100 awards internationally, including six national Emmys, DuPont Columbia, Genesis, Jackson Hole, NY, Banff, and dozens of awards from New Zealand to Japan. Argo is known for her emotionally-charged and deeply personal films – in particular her intimate portraits of endangered animals. The nearly two dozen award-winning films she’s produced, directed and written have all been broadcast by PBS and/or National Geographic and have reached audiences worldwide. The Last Pig continues Argo’s mission to provide “a voice for those who cannot speak for themselves”– and to deepen understanding and respect for all beings.
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| 0:00.0 | Tranquility DeJure, September 28th, 2015. |
| 0:10.0 | Bonjour, this is Kimberly Wilson, and welcome to the 349th edition of Tranquility DeJure. |
| 0:20.3 | Today's episode is all about filming an amazing, amazing documentary called The Last Pig |
| 0:28.1 | with Alice in Argo. |
| 0:30.9 | So in this, you're going to learn about how she was drawn to the project, what she learned, and what she hopes people will |
| 0:39.9 | take away from this exciting project that is actually going to be having a crowdsourcing |
| 0:46.0 | campaign launching. And you can find out more about this at the last pig.com. |
| 0:55.0 | One of the things I have to say about this podcast is I think in my 10 years of interviews, |
| 1:02.0 | I've never become emotional during a podcast. I mean, I'm always like elated and I'm often |
| 1:08.7 | love. I mean, actually always. I love the interviews and I love the people |
| 1:13.1 | I get to connect with through this and all the amazing information that I've learned over the years |
| 1:18.7 | and hopefully been able to disseminate through the podcast. However, there's something about this |
| 1:24.1 | project that really, really touched me and you'll hear that. You'll hear that come |
| 1:29.0 | through in this podcast. And I want to thank you, as always, for tuning in. And I would love for you |
| 1:36.7 | to take a peek at the Last Pig.com and support their efforts. So our featured guest, Alison Argo, who I actually happened to meet |
| 1:45.9 | whenever I was at Farm Sanctuary's Ho-Down in August. And it was so funny, they were talking |
| 1:51.6 | about the last pig, the last pig. And I had just recently come across it and reached out to |
| 1:55.8 | her to interview her. So I was so excited to actually be able to meet her and her filmmaker, Joe. So anyway, |
| 2:04.8 | she has won over 100 awards internationally, including six national Emmys, DuPont Columbia, |
| 2:12.3 | Genesis, Jackson Hole, New York, Banff, and dozens of awards from New Zealand to Japan. |
| 2:19.6 | She's known for her emotionally charged and deeply personal films. |
| 2:23.8 | In particular, her intimate portraits of endangered animals. |
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