Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Bacon, Le Film

This is a documentary I watched sometime in the summer, reminds me why I don't eat porc.
Directed by: Hugo Latulippe
Produced by: André Gladu
Production Agency: National Film Board of Canada (2002)
I give it 5 out of 5 Hi-fives for it's disgusting look at reality.

Synopsis taken from: www.nfb.ca/collection/films/fiche/?v=h&lg=en&id=51004



Several years ago, large-scale hog producers and their political allies in Quebec decided to branch out into international markets. But bacon, like everything else, has its price. Bacon, the Film asks whether we have properly measured the social and environmental impacts of this proliferation of huge hog operations. The soil is already showing signs of sterility. Rivers are contaminated. Water, the very symbol of life, has itself become a hazard in some communities. The situation could be spinning out of control. Abandoned by the state, citizens groups are making their voices heard and taking back democracy. An unexpected grain of sand in a machine well oiled by neo-liberal dogma, they are fighting to keep society on a human scale.

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