Film: "Eating Animals"
Natalie Portman narrates this eye-opening documentary adapted from Jonathan Safran Foer’s bestseller about the consequences of factory farming.
How much do you know about the food that’s on your plate?
Based on the bestselling book by Jonathan Safran Foer and narrated by co-producer Natalie Portman, this urgent, eye-opening documentary examines the environmental, economic and public health consequences of factory farming.
Tracing the history of food production in the United States, the film charts how farming has gone from local and sustainable to a corporate Frankenstein monster that offers cheap eggs, meat and dairy at a steep cost: the exploitation of animals; the risky use of antibiotics and hormones; and the pollution of our air, soil and water. Spotlighting farmers who have pushed backed against industrial agriculture with more humane practices, Eating Animals offers attainable, commonsense solutions to a growing crisis while making the case that ethical farming is not only an animal rights issue, but one that affects the lives of all of us.
D: Christopher Quinn, US, 2017, 1h35m
Programmed as part of “Food Week” with Dartmouth Dining Services.
