Documentary Features

Narrated by acclaimed meteorologist John Morales, award-winning documentary Third Degree Burnout: A Survivor’s Guide (2025) examines how personal burnout is connected to the climate crisis, framing it as part of a broader socio-economic metacrisis. With world-class animation, engaging interviews with over 20 experts, and humor woven into insightful skits, the film distills complex ideas to make them accessible, relatable, and impactful. It explores topics ranging from the history of our food systems to the ripple effects of COVID-19 and the intersections of healthcare, politics, and society. This documentary offers a fresh perspective on the systemic forces driving burnout. The documentary Third Degree Burnout: A Survivor’s Guide (2025) won the Best Documentary Feature Film at the 2025 Greenpoint Film Festival, where it premiered. In this documentary, Solaire Denaud intervenes as an expert on connecting chattel slavery, climate change, and modern food systems.

Play trailer 1- Third Degree Burnout: A Survivor’s Guide

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Newspaper Features

  • “PhD candidate Solaire Denaud receives prestigious humanities and social science fellowship” By Marge Perko, June 18 2025 in The Current

    “PhD candidate Solaire Denaud receives prestigious humanities and social science fellowship”By Marge Perko, June 18 2025 in The Current

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  • “Celebrate Pride Month: Honoring Black Vegan Queer and Trans Trailblazers.” By AfroVeganSociety June 28 2024 in AfroVeganSociety the Blog

    “Celebrate Pride Month: Honoring Black Vegan Queer and Trans Trailblazers.” By AfroVeganSociety June 28 2024

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  • “Solaire Denaud on Black Veganism, the Rastafari Movement, and the Ital Diet” By Allie Mitchell, February 27 2023 in VegOutMagazine

    “Solaire Denaud on Black Veganism, the Rastafari Movement, and the Ital Diet” By Allie Mitchell, February 27 2023, in VegOutMagazine

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  • “Reflecting on a Fantastic Plant Futures Symposium” By Monica Chen, February 14 2023 in Factory Farming Awareness Coalition

    “Reflecting on a Fantastic Plant Futures Symposium” By Monica Chen, February 14 2023 in Factory Farming Awareness Coalition

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  • “A World Worth Saving, Reflections from the Food Futures Conference” By Jesús Nazario and Kristida Chhour September 1 2023 in Berkeley Food Institute

    “A World Worth Saving, Reflections from the Food Futures Conference” By Jesús Nazario and Kristida Chhour September 1 2023 in Berkeley Food Institute

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  • Press Release of the award-winning documentary Third Degree Burnout: A Survivor’s Guide (2025) on July 25, 2025. (Feature Solaire Denaud)

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Podcasts and Radio Interventions

  • RM Nutrition Ep.20 (podcast on African Nutrition): ‘Conversation avec Solaire Denaud’ Guest: Solaire Denaud, June 2025

    RM Nutrition Ep.20 (podcast on African Nutrition): ‘Conversation avec Solaire Denaud’ Guest: Solaire Denaud, June 2025

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  • Vital Hoops Ep.67 (podcast hosted by Black Power Media): ‘Afro Veganism’ Guest: Solaire Denaud, October 2024

    Vital Hoops Ep.67 (podcast hosted by Black Power Media): ‘Afro Veganism’ Guest: Solaire Denaud, October 2024

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  • “RinseFrance: L'assiette, un outil de libération Noire. Guest: Solaire Denaud” May 2022

    “RinseFrance: L'assiette, un outil de libération Noire. Guest: Solaire Denaud” Radio Intervention on RinseFrance May 2022

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Videos

Colonial Food Systems & Plant-Based Diets as a Key Tool to Decolonize

Solaire Denaud & Nivi Jaswal, Plant Futures Symposium February 2023