Emmy award winning Director Robert Kenner spent a large sum of his film budget on legal fees to protect himself from the powerful companies he exposed in the captivating documentary “Food, Inc.”
Whether you choose to categorize this film as a documentary or a horror is up for debate while narrators Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser take viewers on an astonishing journey into the corruption behind the American food industry. Participant Media, well known for the production of Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth”, take a blunt approach to divulging the truth behind the cheap and contaminated production of our food supply.
The films begins with an in depth look at the fast paced production of meats by going inside a repulsive chicken farm owned by one of the main producers in the United States. As the film progresses a theme quickly emerges about the over production and use of genetically modified corn products in everything from meats to sodas and its detrimental affect on the health habits of Americans.
“Food, Inc.” producers interviewed many experts in the field of food production, although the most notable companies such as Tyson and Monsanto declined to be interviewed for obvious reasons that the film unveils. As employees of these large corporations jeopardize their jobs to tell the story of what Americans really are eating, it is enough to make anyone thrash apart their pantry in search for a food item without this infamous genetically modified corn.
This film is a must see for all ages and demographics because it has a factor we all share in common, food. With the startling knowledge and dogged investigative journalism, “Food, Inc.” is sure to be a film that will change the way you look at things that are produced and consumed.
