Green Light
Frederick Schilling - Oakland, CA
After months of planning, prepping and primping, the ducks are in line and we’re ready to go. Justine and Alex have developed a solid story and a killer team. Every meeting leaves us more enthusiastic than the last.
Our three main characters continue to amaze us. They are charismatic, passionate and devoted to making a difference. Plus they’re great on film. Bonus.
We caught Frederick mid-travels and met up with him in Oakland.
First stop: Oakland shipyards to see the chocolate equipment before it sails off to Bahia. I don’t think anyone anticipated hunting down huge pieces of machinery in warehouse nooks. It was fun finding it… beautiful, old and very dirty. Those massive grinding stones are in for a real treat in South America. I wonder whose chocolate it used to make and how many people benefited.
We continued interviewing Frederick back at Alex’s. It was a little cold and drizzly in the Bay Area — a nice contrast to the talk of plans for the factory in Bahia.