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Film

Food, Inc.

Robert Kenner, United States, 2008

94 min.Documentary

The current method of raw food production is largely a response to the growth of the fast food industry since the 1950s. The production of food overall has more drastically changed since that time than the several thousand years prior. Controlled primarily by a handful of multinational corporations, the global food production business - with an emphasis on the business - has as its unwritten goals production of large quantities of food at low direct inputs (most often subsidized) resulting in enormous profits, which in turn results in greater control of the global supply of food sources within these few companies. Health and safety (of the food itself, of the animals produced themselves, of the workers on the assembly lines, and of the consumers actually eating the food) are often overlooked by the companies, and are often overlooked by government in an effort to provide cheap food regardless of these negative consequences. Many of the changes are based on advancements in science and technology, but often have negative side effects. The answer that the companies have come up with is to throw more science at the problems to bandage the issues but not the root causes. The global food supply may be in crisis with lack of biodiversity, but can be changed on the demand side of the equation.
Basic information Credits Materials
Original title Food, Inc.
Danish title Food, Inc.
Director Robert Kenner
Screenplay Robert Kenner, Elise Pearlstein, Kim Roberts
Producer Robert Kenner, Elise Pearlstein
Director of Photography Richard Pearce
Editor Kim Roberts
Composer Mark Adler
Appearance Gary Hirshberg, Michael Pollan, Troy Roush
Production country United States
Domestic distribution SF Film A/S, DOXBIO
Danish theatrical release 05.05.2010
Cinemas Grand, Empire samt 32 biografer i provinsen
Danish rating Allowed for children over the age of 15
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Companies

Production company Magnolia Pictures
Domestic distribution SF Film A/S, DOXBIO

Direction

Direction Robert Kenner

Script

Script Robert Kenner
Script Elise Pearlstein
Script Kim Roberts

Production

Producer Robert Kenner
Producer Elise Pearlstein

Cinematography

Cinematography Richard Pearce

Editing

Editing Kim Roberts

Music

Music Mark Adler

Appearance

Appearance Gary Hirshberg
Appearance Michael Pollan
Appearance Troy Roush

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Reviews and articles

On the library you can find these articles and revies and other material about the film.
Type Source Author Date
Interview Information Niklas Hessel 2010-05-07
Interview Information Niklas Hessel 2010-05-07
Anmeldelse Berlingske Tidende Ann Lind Andersen 2010-05-06
Interview Information Maria Skov 2010-05-05
Interview Information Maria Skov 2010-05-05
Anmeldelse Politiken-Fonden Dorthe Hygum Soerensen 2010-04-29
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