Food Chains Exposes the abuse of farmworkers in the United States, as well as the complicity by the multibillion-dollar supermarket and fast food industries. Format File: [1 DVDRip (MP4)] File Size: 944.14 Mb
Documentary – Food Chains
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Food Chains Exposes the abuse of farmworkers in the United States and complicity of multibillion-dollar supermarkets and fast food companies.
Food is gaining more attention than ever, but there is very little interest among those who pick it. The foundation of our fresh food industry is the farmworkers. They are often abused and robbed off their wages. In extreme cases, they may be beaten or sexually harassed and even enslaved within the United States.
Food Chains It reveals the human costs of our food supply as well as the complicity by large buyers of produce such supermarkets and fast food. Supermarkets earn $4 trillion annually, whereas fast food is big. They have immense power over the agriculture system. Over the past three decades, they have taken revenue out of their supply chain, leaving farmworkers poor and forced to work in subhuman conditions. But many are not responsible for this.
The film’s narrative focuses on a brave and highly praised group of tomato pickers from Southern Florida – called the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) – who are revolutionizing farm labour. Their story is one filled with hope and promise for the victory of morality over corporate greed to ensure a dignified and sustainable life for farm workers as well as a more humane and transparent food chain.
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All Educational Editions Come with:
2 DVD Box Set that Includes
– Three versions of the film (82, 52 and 30 minutes) in ENGLISH
– Three versions of the film (82, 52 and 30 minutes) in SPANISH
– Screening Discussion Guide
– Screening Kit (poster artwork, supplemental images, press kit, etc)
Testimonials
“Food Chains is the kind of film I’ve been waiting to teach from – it helps students think not only about what’s wrong with the food system, but how organizing for social change can help fix it. I know that students will come away moved, curious for more, and hungry for change – whose classroom could ask for more?”
Raj Patel
Research Professor
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs at UT Austin
Author of “Stuffed and Starved”
“No documentary on the modern food system does a better job of putting farmworkers’ struggles for social justice into the broad context of 21st-century capitalism. Food Chains explores the darkest corners of America’s agricultural landscape, showing how an inspiring coalition of workers, farmers, and consumers are bending corporate might to fight for dignity in American farm fields. This is exactly the sort of provocative, well-researched film I’ve been wanting to use in my Food and Power course for years.”
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Shane Hamilton
Associate Professor
History Department
University of Georgiahttp://archive.is/OrnN0
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