Award-winning vegan filmmaker Shaun Monson’s new film,
There Was A Killing, tells the story of Canadian animal rights activist Regan Russell, who was struck and killed by a pig transport truck while attending a Toronto Pig Save vigil in June. But the documentary is about more than just this tragedy; it’s about starting a conversation.
Russell, a decades-long fighter for animal rights, spent her last moments giving compassion to baby pigs on their way to slaughter. Footage from that day shows her full head of white hair, black shirt, and blue jeans carrying a spray bottle, which she used to give water to the pigs.