Английская Википедия:Eating Our Way to Extinction
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Eating Our Way to Extinction is a 2021 documentary film, which looks at the problem of unsustainable meat production and its effects on the environment.
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film received a rating of 88%.[1]
Synopsis
The film addresses the problem of unsustainable meat production and highlights the consequences such as deforestation, increasing air and water pollution, and the resulting destruction of resources. According to a Spectrum Culture review, it is a disturbing but necessary documentary that reminds viewers of the link between human diet and human greed and the brink of environmental collapse that we are facing today.[2]
The film combines journalism, scientific quotes and graphics, personal interviews and investigative reporting, following in the footsteps of other climate change films like Cowspiracy and Seaspiracy.[2][3]
The documentary conveys the following key messages:[4]
- The oceans are being overfished and polluted by abandoned fishing nets. We rely on oceanic organisms for much of the oxygen we breathe and must keep them healthy.
- Animal agriculture is widely acknowledged as a likely point of origin for the next global pandemic.
- Governing entities are funded and manipulated by the animal agriculture industry which pours millions of dollars into lobbying and politics.
- Animal agriculture is a leading cause of deforestation.
- Eating a whole-food, plant-based diet is healthy for people across life stages and even athletes thrive on this diet.
- In order to ensure that the environment survives as we know it for generations to come, we must make changes.
- The most impactful personal change we can make is to adopt a plant-based diet.
Production
The film was directed by Ludo Brockway and Otto Brockway. It stars Kate Winslet (narrator), Richard Branson and Sylvia Earle, among others.[5][6] The film was released on October 1, 2021.[1]
Translations
The original language of the film is English. However, it is also available for free via YouTube in German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Hebrew, Korean, Mongolian, Indonesian, Arabic, Hindi, Chinese and Persian.[4][7]
Accolades
Eating Our Way to Extinction is the winner of the 2022 Environmental Media Award for the best documentary film.[8] It also won the 2022 International Green Film Award of the Cinema for Peace Awards.[9]
The documentary was recommended for teaching to inform students about climate change impacts on a global level.[10]
The film is estimated to have reached over 10 million viewers across all the viewing platforms.
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