Carol J. Adams

Le documentaire expérimental Le Temps des bêtes porte sur les différentes relations que nous entretenons avec les animaux. Il illustre un paradoxe : il y a ceux que l’on aime et ceux que l’on exploite pour notre profit. Le film met aussi en lumière le travail des gens qui s’occupent de leur bien-être de diverses façons. Ultimement, il propose que le véganisme n’est pas le mouvement radical et marginal que l’on dépeint dans les médias, ni même un style de vie pour simplement faire différent, mais plutôt une forme de conscience qui cherche à réconcilier nos valeurs intrinsèques et nos actions quotidiennes.

A Cow at My Table explores Western attitudes towards farm animals and meat, and the intense battle between animal advocates and the meat industry to influence the consumer's mind. Five years in production took Director Jennifer Abbott across Canada, the US, Australia and New Zealand to meet with the leaders of the animal rights movement, animal welfare advocates as well as spokespeople from livestock industries. A Cow at My Table inter-cuts these diverse perspectives with archival films, images from modern-day agribusiness and footage of farm animals shot from uncharacteristic vantage points.

In the feature documentary FROM THE GROUND UP, former meat-eating college football player Santino Panico goes on a journey to rediscover the athlete within--this time, as a vegan. As he meets with vegetarian and vegan elite competitors, this story about food and sport expands to confront the social norms and far-reaching impacts of food choices.