Kindness Gala 2026 - Private Screening of "The New Gold Standard"
Join Kindness Ranch for a private screening of this powerful feature documentary which features incredible scientists changing the world as well as highlighting Kindness Ranch and the work we do on a daily basis!
You may even get the chance to meet those involved behind the camera, including the one and only Steven Latham himself.
All beverages both alcoholic and non alcoholic available for purchase at the bar inside the Oriental theater. The incredible Savage Beet will be outside providing the most amazing vegan street food Denver has to offer!
Emmy and Golden Globe-Winning Actor Edie Falco Narrates and Executive Produces New Feature Documentary, ”The New Gold Standard: Cutting Edge Science That's Replacing Animal Testing”A forward-looking exploration of scientific progress and its potential to improve outcomes for both people and animals
[LOS ANGELES, CALIF.] — [June 26, 2026] — ”The New Gold Standard,” a new feature documentary narrated and executive produced by Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actor, Edie Falco, takes audiences inside some of the world's leading research institutions and labs to examine a scientific transformation already underway: the emergence of human-based research technologies that many scientists believe are reshaping how medicines are discovered, tested and approved.
Produced and directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Steven Latham, the film investigates a rapidly evolving field of science through unprecedented access to researchers, policymakers, industry leaders, and individuals who are contributing to human-relevant research. The film features visits to institutions including Harvard University and Stanford University, where scientists are pioneering innovative approaches designed to improve the predictability and effectiveness of medical research.
“‘The New Gold Standard’ explores how human-based methods are demonstrating the potential to deliver faster, more accurate and more predictive insights across many areas of biomedical research,” said filmmaker Steven Latham. “The film shows how human-based approaches are improving outcomes for both people and animals.”
This feature documentaryarrives at a moment of heightened public, scientific and policy interest in the future of biomedical research. As governments, regulators, researchers, and industry leaders evaluate new approaches to medical innovation, the film captures a system in transition and the people working across all sides of the debate.
Featured participants include Senator Cory Booker, Senator Rand Paul, Dr. Nicole Kleinstreuer from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), pharmaceutical executives and leading academic researchers. Through interviews spanning multiple perspectives, the film examines the scientific, regulatory, ethical and economic questions surrounding the future of research and drug development.
At the heart of “The New Gold Standard” is a deeply human story. Audiences meet a veterinarian who previously worked inside a primate research laboratory and a woman who adopted a former laboratory dog, offering rare firsthand perspectives on a world few people ever see. The film also visits animal sanctuaries in Wyoming that care for dogs, cats and pigs and in Oklahoma that care for primates that were from research labs.
While many Americans are unaware of the scale of animal testing in the United States, the film explores both the current realities of the system and the growing scientific interest in alternative human-based approaches. The film also confronts a reality many Americans don’t know that more than 42,000 dogs and over 106,000 monkeys are being experimented on and held in U.S. labs each year, along with millions of cats, pigs, rabbits and other animals, including an estimated 100 million mice and rats.
Latham and team behind “The New Gold Standard” bring decades of award-winning experience in science storytelling to the project. Their investigative and informative approach provides audiences with an in-depth look at a pivotal moment in biomedical research, presented in a non-graphic manner.
“The New Gold Standard” will have a theatrical release later this summer and be available for streaming this fall. For more information: TheNewGoldStandard.film and Facebook.com/TheNewGoldStandardFilm
“The New Gold Standard” is Executive Produced by Edie Falco, Joe Bourdeau and Jim Greenbaum; Produced and Directed by Steven Latham; Edited by Conrad Stanley and Paul J. Coyne, ACE; Director of Photography Thomas Jacobi; Written by Sam Jones, PhD, Conrad Stanley, Paul J. Coyne and Steven Latham; and Narrated by Edie Falco.
Steven Latham Productions
Steven Latham Productions is an award-winning film and television production company known for producing thought-provoking feature documentaries and impactful television programming that inspire, inform, and entertain. Founded by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Steven Latham, the company has created feature documentaries for PBS, NOVA and Netflix including, The Mustangs: America’s Wild Horses, TED: The Future We Will Create, Saved By The Sun, and theseries Shelter Me. With a commitment to exceptional storytelling and journalistic integrity, Steven Latham Productions brings complex subjects and compelling human stories to audiences around the world.