In this bonus episode, we talked to Michelin-trained chef and food educator Charles X Michel and filmmaker Geordie Trifa on Instagram Live about their short film, “Scenes In a Coq au Vin,” which is showing at the Ceres Food Film Festival.

Charles and Geordie took us behind the making and inspiration of the film, which is set in the South of France at Charles’s culinary retreat, where he describes the sacrifice of his father’s rooster for the Coq au Vin dish. Charles shared his thoughts on the killing of animals in the current food system, and his vision for a more humane food future.

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You can find the film and other food documentaries at the ceresfilmfestival.org.