A Cow at My Table
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.
Directed by Jennifer Abbott
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Cast
- Susan Kitchen Herself - Alberta Foundation for Animal Care
- Susan Schafers Herself - Holborn Poultry Farms
- Joy Ripley Herself - Alberta Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
- Ian Duncan Himself - Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare
- Jeannette Armstrong Herself - Activist, Writer
- Karen Davis Herself - United Poultry Concerns
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Vandana Shiva Herself -
Carol J. Adams Herself - Author of The Sexual Politics of Meat - Tom Regan Himself - Philosopher, Activist
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Howard Lyman Himself - Author of Mad Cowboy -
Peter Singer Himself - Philosopher, Activist
Make it a double feature
3h 45m together
A Cow at My Table
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