Food Inc. Favorite 

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Date: 

Jul 31 2009

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United States

Food Inc.

By Peter Travers

EATING CAN BE one dangerous business. Don't take another bite till you see Robert Kenner's Food, Inc., an essential, indelible documentary that is scarier than anything in the last five Saw horror shows. Decepticons have nothing on ears of corn when it comes to transforming into mutant killers. Kenner keeps his film bouncing with humor, music and graphics. Just like the ads that shove junk food down our faces. The message he's delivering with the help of nutrition activists, including Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation) and Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma), is an eye-opener. High-fructose corn syrup and its friend the E.coli virus are declaring war on national health, and federal agencies, lobbied by Big Agriculture, ain't doing a thing to stop it. Reason? Profits. The movie offers solid alternatives. If the way to an audience's heart is through its stomach, Food, Inc. is a movie you're going to love.

External sources: 

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/food-inc-255886/
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Effectiveness

How does this project help?

Amplifies (issue or campaign)Brings public and political attention to an issue or campaign.  Can include prefigurative action, making the invisible visible.

Timeframe For change

This project seems to be part of a campaign with a clear long-term goal. Long-term goals tend to be things like: end racism; end homophobia; make the sun stand still in the sky. A campaign with a long-term goal also needs to have some kind of theory of change.
The long term goal is to decrease the power of the agricultural lobby and pass legislation to better food safety and quality in the United States.

Notes

The film was nominated for an Oscar, so it definitely reached people. And, there have been more organic/ "cruelty-free/"/ "clean" options in grocery stores in recent years. However, it is unclear how the film actually affected government policy.