The award-winning true story of third-generation American farmer John Peterson's hero's journey of success, tribulation, failure and rebirth. Peterson is a true American original. His story parallels that of the family farm in 20th Century America. What makes The Real Dirt on Farmer John so special is the fact that John Peterson is not only a farmer....he's an artist, too. (82 Minutes)
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It’s every parent’s worst nightmare. One moment
their child is perfectly healthy. The next, they’ve stopped breathing and are
turning blue. For many children, the merest hint of nut is all it takes to send
them into anaphylactic shock. Food allergies are on the increase and the number
of children affected has more than doubled in the past ten years. Yet simple
precautions could significantly cut the death rate. When Food Kills is a wake up call to the rising danger of food allergies. (45 Minutes)
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Narrated by Academy Award Nominee Joaquin
Phoenix and featuring music by the critically acclaimed platinum artist Moby,
EARTHLINGS is a documentary film about humankind's complete economic dependence
on animals raised for pets, food, clothing, entertainment and scientific
research. Using hidden cameras and never-before-seen footage, EARTHLINGS
chronicles the day-to-day practices of the largest industries in the world, all
of which rely entirely on animals for profit. Powerful, informative, controversial
and thought-provoking, EARTHLINGS is by far the most comprehensive documentary
ever produced on the correlation between nature, animals and human economic
interests.(95 Minutes)
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Channel 4 documentary on the factory farming of chickens. Using a combination of undercover filming and scientific analysis, Supermarket Secrets investigates whether the food on supermarket shelves is really as good as it looks, whether prices are as good as they seem and what happens behind the scenes in the production of supermarket food. (100 Minutes)
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Farm Inc: Corporate Agriculture: The Hollow Man - Farming in North America has become a “cash cow” for a handful of multinational corporations—at the cost of the environment and rural culture. This program examines the growth of corporate factory agriculture, an industry that is capable of generating severe environmental, social, and cultural repercussions. Environmental activists and lawyers in North Carolina stress the need for a functional high-tech wastewater treatment plant to stop the pollution resulting from management techniques used by corporate owners of the hog industry. In addition, a community rallies in Canada to oppose building of a corporate feedlot they believe will threaten the future of a small, third-generation family farm. Original CBC broadcast title: Corporate Agriculture: The Hollow Men.(47 Minutes)
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While examining the influence of the fast food industry, Morgan Spurlock personally explores the consequences on his health of a diet of solely McDonald's food for one month. (100 Minutes)
Farming was once one of the most common professions in America, but now the growing of food for America's dinner tables is primarily in the hands of a small number of large agricultural corporations. With deregulations placing less federal scrutiny on how crops are grown, and an increasing number of "agri-business" firms introducing genetically modified vegetables and grains, some experts have begun to question just what we are eating, and how it got that way. At a time when some firms have started seeking patents for new strains of modified seeds and plants, will there come a day when the growing of certain essential foodstuffs will be controlled by private corporations who own a "copyright" on, say, wheat or tomatoes? The Future of Food is a documentary which focuses on growing concerns over how our crops are produced, and how science is altering the foods we eat. (89 Minutes)
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