Join Us Saturday, September 15th

We will have a table of Green Heart Bakery treats, including raw Tiramisu, at The Loft Cinema at 9 AM this Saturday, 9/15, here in Tucson for the screening of "Let Me Be Frank". Tickets are $10 and can be purchased in advance on-line by going to www.loftcinema.com and click on Special Events.  The movie trailer is really good and we're excited to participate in this event.  Check out the list of all the vegan and raw folks who'll be present (list is at the bottom).  Hope to see you there!

May I Be Frank is a heart-warming film about one man’s emotional journey of transformation through a raw food diet, colonics and practicing gratitude. Frank Ferrante, the star of the film, will be on hand for a Q&A session after the film screening. 

Frank Ferrante is a 54 year old Sicilian from Brooklyn living in San Francisco.  A lover of life, great food, beautiful women and a good laugh, Frank is also a drug addict, morbidly obese, pre-diabetic, and fighting Hepatitis C. He’s estranged from his daughter, single, and struggling with depression. Frank knows that life can be better than this, and is looking for a way out.

May I Be Frank documents the transformation of Frank Ferrante’s life. He unknowingly stumbles into a local restaurant in San Francisco, Café Gratitude, a raw, organic and vegan café. As he becomes friends with the staff, he keeps returning to the café where he feels welcomed and free from his collapsing personal life. On one such visit, Frank is asked by Ryland, one of the servers, “What is one thing you want to do before you die?” Frank replies “I want to fall in love one more time, but no one will love me looking the way I do.”

Inspired by the possibility of helping Frank, Ryland invites him to come into the café everyday for the next month. Armed with a camera and a wide open heart, Ryland soon enrolls his brother Cary, and Conor, his best friend, to participate in supporting Frank’s transformation. The final agreement is made that for the next 42 days, Frank will turn his life over to three twenty-something young men committed to his healing and prepared to coach him physically, emotionally and spiritually.  Frank will eat only raw food, practice gratitude, visit local holistic practitioners, and get a weekly colonic.  Ryland, Conor, and Cary get to support and witness Frank’s miraculous transformation.  Frank gets a new body, a clearer mind, and most importantly, a soaring spirit.

Over those 42 days, the four men go on the ride of their lives.  Setting out to help Frank lose weight and get healthy, no one anticipated the profound impact this journey would have on the lives of countless others.  Through Frank’s story of love, redemption, and transformation, the viewers witness the power of change for themselves and the world.  May I Be Frank documents the essence of the human condition and what it truly means to fall in love again.

Watch the trailer here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZNKlUmFkG4

Get there early! The patio will be filled with plant-based practitioners, vendors and organizations such as: shopOrganic.com, Food Conspiracy Coop, Tucson Food Bank, Dr. Sal Tirrito (therawcardiologist.com), Dr. Charles Katzenberg of The Heart Saver Series, Healthy You Network, Parsons Training, Tucson Village Farm, Holistic health coach Kathy Iannacone, Alaine of Green Heart Bakery (greenheartbakery.com), and raw food chef Arlene Siegel (rawkitchen.co), raw food chef Elaina Love, Alberto Romero of the Willow Healing Center, 11 year old chef Hailey Thomas, Tucson Village Farm, and more.