Cowspiracy
Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret | |
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Kip Andersen Keegan Kuhn | |
Produced by | Kip Andersen Keegan Kuhn |
Starring | Kip Andersen Howard Lyman Richard Oppenlander Michael Pollan Michael Klaper Will Tuttle Will Potter |
Cinematography | Keegan Kuhn |
Edited by | Kip Andersen Keegan Kuhn |
Production companies | A.U.M. Films First Spark Media |
Release date |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $117,092 |
Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret is a 2014 American
The film won the Audience Choice Award at the 2015 South African Eco Film Festival[1] and the Best Foreign Film Award at the 12th annual Festival de films de Portneuf sur l'environnement.[2] Cowspiracy has been criticized for asserting that animal agriculture is the primary source of greenhouse gas emissions and environmental destruction,[3] with other sources assessing the impact as being less than is stated in the film.[4]
Synopsis
The documentary was directed by
Production
The film was
An updated version of the documentary, executive-produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, premiered globally on Netflix on September 15, 2015.[12]
The 2017 documentary What the Health was written, produced, and directed by the same production team (Kip Andersen and Keegan Kuhn) as Cowspiracy.[13]
Featured individuals
The following individuals were featured in the film:
- Michael Klaper (physician, author, advisor)
- Howard Lyman (former rancher, author, activist)
- lauren Ornelas (Food Empowerment Project)
- Michael Pollan (author, lecturer)
- William Potter (journalist)
- Kirk R. Smith (environmental health sciences)
- Hampton Creek)
- John Jeavons (biointensive agriculture advocate)
Reception
Cowspiracy won the Audience Choice Award at the 2015 South African Eco Film Festival,[1] as well as the Best Foreign Film Award at the 12th annual Festival de films de Portneuf sur l'environnement.[2] It was also nominated for Cinema Politica's 2015 Audience Choice Award.[14]
Criticisms
This section possibly contains original research. (October 2022) |
Cowspiracy has been criticized for claiming that animal agriculture is the primary source of
Doug Boucher, reviewing the film for the
See also
- Eating Our Way to Extinction
- Environmental impact of meat production
- List of vegan media
- Livestock's Long Shadow
- Intensive animal farming
- Racing Extinction
- Holocene extinction
- The Sixth Extinction
- Seaspiracy
- Veganism
References
- ^ a b "Cowspiracy Wins Audience Choice Award". The South African Eco Film Festival. April 9, 2015. Archived from the original on April 16, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
- ^ a b "Le FFPE récompense les films gagnants de la 12e édition". Festival de films de Portneuf sur l'environnement. April 27, 2015. Archived from the original on May 29, 2015. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
- ^ a b Blundell, Nicholas. "A Critique of Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret". Retrieved February 1, 2022.
- ^ a b c d Boucher, Doug (June 10, 2016). "Movie Review: There's a Vast Cowspiracy about Climate Change". The Equation blog. Union of Concerned Scientists. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
- ^ Kanner, Ellen (August 4, 2014). "Meatless Monday -- 'Cowspiracy:' The One Thing No One Talks About". Huffington Post. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
- The Real News
- ^ "Cowspiracy". Village. February 19, 2015. Archived from the original on February 24, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
- ^ "Burgers Are Ending the World, Says Cowspiracy". SF Weekly. June 25, 2014. Archived from the original on March 11, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
- ^ "Cowspiracy IndieGoGo campaign page".
- ^ Alison Homewood. "Beware Cowspiracy – and the spread of the vegan virus -- New Internationalist". New Internationalist.
- ^ "Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret". Tugg Inc. Archived from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2014-10-09.
- ^ "Exclusive: Interview With Directors Of 'Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret' On Netflix, A Controversial New Documentary". Decider. August 27, 2015. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
- ^ Jackie Day (January 23, 2016). "Cowspiracy Film Makers Announce NEW film: What the Health!". My Vegan Journal.
- ^ "Vote for the 2015 Audience Choice Award!". Cinema Politica. April 6, 2016. Archived from the original on April 21, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- ^ Solomon, S.; et al., "TS.2.1.1 Changes in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Methane and Nitrous Oxide", Technical Summary, archived from the original on October 15, 2012, retrieved August 18, 2012, in IPCC AR4 WG1 2007.
- ^ "AR6 Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis". www.ipcc.ch. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
- .
- S2CID 27218645.
- ^ "What if the key actors in climate change are...cows, pigs, and chickens?" (PDF). A Well-Fed World. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
- PMID 29853680.
Works cited
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