WATCH: “Cow Trip”
Streaming free on The Dodo
PRESS:
“A daughter-father calf-saving adventure” - The Washington Post
“A wild ride” - Good Morning America
“A moo-ving documentary” - Hartford Courant
“The feel-good story we need right now” - Scary Mommy
For Press
High-res and vertical images available on request: joannabzelman@gmail.com
Stills free to use for editorial coverage of the film. Photo credit: Cow Trip / Joanna Zelman LLC
Synopsis
A calf in Vermont hits the lottery when a farmer decides to save him. But someone has to drive the baby cow 600 miles to his new home.
A freshly retired doctor and his filmmaker daughter volunteer for the job, but nothing goes as planned. What emerges is an unlikely story of a community of people who will do anything to give one calf a real home.
Featured Sanctuary:
Rosie's Farm Sanctuary is a nonprofit in Potomac, Maryland, dedicated to giving rescued farmed animals a forever home, including Cow Trip's featured cows, Mickey and Moose.
You can support them and find updates on Mickey and Moose here.
Featured People:
Jared Zelman: Joanna’s dad. Retired emergency medicine physician
Michele Waldman: President of Rosie’s Farm Sanctuary
Alene Wheeler: Dairy farmworker in Vermont
Filmmaker Bio: Joanna Zelman is a Washington, DC-based filmmaker and writer who has spent her career telling stories about animals, climate, and social justice.
She spent 10 years as Executive Producer of The Dodo, the world’s #1 animal brand, where she helped grow the team to garner over 1 billion views per month.
Additional producing credits include Dodo Heroes (Animal Planet), My Pack Life (Discovery+), and Rescued by Roman (Disney+).