Synopsis
What Should I Put in My Coffee? is the world’s first feature-length documentary about coffee creamer. Using this seemingly light-hearted topic as a starting point, the film explores big ideas about farming and animal agriculture, the environment, and the role of consumers in our current food system. Follow filmmaker Jon Lanthier as he searches across the Pacific Northwestern US for the most delicious and most morally responsible creamer, interviewing dairy farmers; baristas and coffee roasters; Oatly, the oat milk producer; animal welfare researchers; vegan activists, and many more.
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Edited by Jon Lanthier
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2020 · Box office
Produced on a $15K budget
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10 unique people credited
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Daniel Cairns
as Dairy Farmer
Kathryn Gillespie
as Self - Author of 'The Cow with Ear Tag #1389'
Ginger Hultin
as Self - Registered Dietitian Nutritionist
Leah Jarvik
as Vegan Activist
Adam Karp
as Self - Animal Law Attorney
Lauren Ornelas
as Self - Food Empowerment Project, Executive Director
Hannah Wallace
as Self - Food Journalist
Daniel Weary
as Self
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