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Tina Traster

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Award-winning journalist, author, and filmmaker Tina Traster, previously featured on CCP Episode 186, joins Stacy again to update us on her documentary, Catnip Nation. The film advocates for TNR through the stories of four Good Samaritans caring for community cats around the country. Since being on CCP a couple of years ago, Tina has taken Catnip Nation on the film festival circuit, where it won several awards and has successfully landed a distributor. The documentary is available on DVD, and Tina is in the process of getting distribution on streaming services. Tina and Stacy discuss the need for TNR to become a more widely recognized issue that is taken up by local officials, and how TNR advocates can best work with municipalities. “What we need in this country,” Tina says, “is a grassroots movement where it becomes imperative for politicians to recognize the role of a municipality in supporting TNR.” To learn more about Catnip Nation or to order a DVD of the film, visit the Catnip Nation website.

Award-winning journalist, author, and filmmaker Tina Traster, previously featured on <a href="https://www.communitycatspodcast.com/episode-186-tina-traster/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CCP Episode 186</a>, joins Stacy again to update us on her documentary, Catnip Nation. The film advocates for TNR through the stories of four Good Samaritans caring for community cats around the country. Since being on CCP a couple of years ago, Tina has taken Catnip Nation on the film festival circuit, where it won several awards and has successfully landed a distributor. The documentary is available on DVD, and Tina is in the process of getting distribution on streaming services. Tina and Stacy discuss the need for TNR to become a more widely recognized issue that is taken up by local officials, and how TNR advocates can best work with municipalities. “What we need in this country,” Tina says, “is a grassroots movement where it becomes imperative for politicians to recognize the role of a municipality in supporting TNR.” To learn more about Catnip Nation or to order a DVD of the film, visit the <a href="https://www.catnipnation.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Catnip Nation website</a>.

Tina Traster, Catnip Nation

Interview! Tina Traster, Award-winning Filmmaker, Writer, and Documentarian of “Catnip Nation” “There are people taking care of community cats, but it begs the question: who is taking care of those people?”  Tina Traster is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. Her written pieces have been featured in a multitude of publications, including a regular segment for the New York Post, and her films have won awards at film festivals across the globe. She has noticed a theme of rescue, caretaking, and advocacy in her last three projects—“This House Matters,” a 30 minute documentary on historic preservation in the Hudson River Valley; her award-winning memoir Rescuing Julia Twice: A Mother’s Tale of Russian Adoption and Overcoming Reactive Attachment Disorder; and her current project, “Catnip Nation,” a series of vignettes about feral colony caretakers. Tina hopes that the film will spark a movement towards better, more consistent legislation surrounding community cats.   Tina is currently trying to raise $6,000 for the completion of the project. You can contribute to the cause at seedandspark.com/fund/catnip-nation. To learn more about the film itself, please visit catnipnation.com.

Interview! Tina Traster, Award-winning Filmmaker, Writer, and Documentarian of “Catnip Nation” “There are people taking care of community cats, but it begs the question: who is taking care of those people?”  Tina Traster is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. Her written pieces have been featured in a multitude of publications, including a regular segment for the New York Post, and her films have won awards at film festivals across the globe. She has noticed a theme of rescue, caretaking, and advocacy in her last three projects—“This House Matters,” a 30 minute documentary on historic preservation in the Hudson River Valley; her award-winning memoir Rescuing Julia Twice: A Mother’s Tale of Russian Adoption and Overcoming Reactive Attachment Disorder; and her current project, “Catnip Nation,” a series of vignettes about feral colony caretakers. Tina hopes that the film will spark a movement towards better, more consistent legislation surrounding community cats.   Tina is currently trying to raise $6,000 for the completion of the project. You can contribute to the cause at <a href="http://seedandspark.com/fund/catnip-nation" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">seedandspark.com/fund/catnip-nation</a>. To learn more about the film itself, please visit <a href="http://catnipnation.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">catnipnation.com</a>.

Ep186 - Tina Traster