Tue 1 July 2008 | 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Loop Bar,
23 Meyers Place, Near Spring and Bourke St
Melbourne
VIC
3001
0403440996
free
Farming and food production have strong connections to us all. Join us on a journey through three film nights as we explore some of the darker sides of our relationship with food. Issues ranging from industrial factory farming and genetically engineering of food to the loss of food sovereignty and threat to food security will be addressed. We’ll have a short discussion of some of the problems raised and pose solutions and actions we can all take.
The short documentary on Melbourne’s 'Food not Bombs' (6 min) will be followed by a documentary titled 'We feed the world' (95 min - subtitles) which investigates food and globalisation, fishermen and farmers, drivers and high-powered corporate executives, the flow of goods and cash, a film about scarcity amid plenty. Desert consists of the spoof Matrix animation titled 'Meatrix' (5 min) where Moothius and Leo discover the impacts of factory farming.