Vegan singer Billie Eilish and NBA star Chris Paul have signed on as executive producers of vegan documentary They’re Trying to Kill Us. The documentary is a follow-up to vegan film What the Health, which was released in 2017 and examines the link between diet and disease. They’re Trying to Kill Us expands on this topic by examining the intersections of food, disease, poverty, and race. Filmmaker John Lewis (also known as “Bad Ass Vegan”) travels across the country interviewing doctors, politicians, hip-hop artists, and experts in food justice to find out why people of color suffer from disproportionately higher rates of chronic disease.
Lewis announced the addition of executive producers Eilish and Paul on The Exam Room Podcast by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. “I can actually announce now our executive producers are two amazing people within the vegan community: one being Chris Paul, who has been very vocal with social justice issues and veganism,” Lewis said. “The second one is Billie Eilish, who has also been very vocal about social justice and veganism. So, I’m very excited, man.”
Further details about the release of They’re Trying to Kill Us, including where to watch the film, should be announced within the coming month.
This post was originally published on VegNews.com.
