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Fed Up!

2002 · 57 min

A sober, information-dense documentary that walks you through the industrial food system and leaves you uneasy about what is on your plate.

Tagline: Bioengineering, Agriculture
Overview: Nominated for an Environmental Media Award, this eye-opening documentary explores the United States' food production system from the organic farming of the Green Movement to the genetically engineered food of the Biotech Revolution. Through fascinating archival footage and interviews with farmers, scientists, government officials and activists, Fed Up! provides a detailed and sometimes disturbing overview of contemporary food production. About 70% of the food we eat contains genetically modified ingredients and is not labeled. The biotechnology industry is spending $50 million a year to convince us that this technology is our only hope for feeding the world and saving the environment. Family farmers are disappearing at an astonishing rate as people continue to go hungry both here and abroad. Toxic agricultural chemicals continue to poison our air, food and water and put farm workers in serious danger. What's a person to do?
How it feels: Earnest, tense, dark and cynical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Environment, corruption, science, politics
Content: No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: environment
corruption
science
politics
survival
Places: countryside
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

All scales, 0 to 10

Britt BaileyHerself - Center for Ethics and Toxics
Dominique BaronHerself - Concerned Citizen
Brent BlackwelderHimself - Friends of the Earth, USA
Beth BurroughsHerself - Executive Director, The Edmonds Institute
Ignacio ChapelaHimself - Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley
Sue Markland DayHerself - President, Bay Area Bioscience Center
Katie DwightHerself - Purisima Greens Farm
Dan GlickmanHimself - US Secretary of Agriculture (voice)
Diane Joy GoodmanHerself - Farm Box Project Consulting
Simon HarrisHimself - Organic Consumers Association
Karen HeislerHerself - Environmental Protection Agency, Agriculture Initiative Program
Susanne L. HuttnerHerself - Director, Systemwide Biotechnology Research and Education Program, University of California
Tony JuniperHimself - Friends of the Earth, England
Daphne KingsleyHerself - Live Power Community Farm, Apprentice
Nancy EvansHerself - Communications Consultant, The Bread Cancer Fund

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Starring: Britt Bailey, Dominique Baron, Brent Blackwelder, Beth Burroughs, Ignacio Chapela, Sue Markland Day, Katie Dwight, Dan Glickman
Runtime: 57 min
Country: United States of America