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Food, Inc.
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PG,1hr 34min
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Released:
June 12, 2009
Distributor:
Magnolia Pictures
Synopsis: Documentary filmmaker Robert Kenner uses reports by Fast Food Nation author Eric Schlosser and The Omnivore's Dilemma author Michael Pollan as a springboard to exploring where the food we purchase at the grocery store really comes from, and what it means for the health of future generations. By exposing the comfortable relationships between business and government, Kenner gradually shines light on the dark underbelly of the American food industry. The USDA and FDA are supposed to protect the public, ... Full Synopsis
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Food, Inc. is hard to shake, because days after you've seen it, you may find yourself eating something -- a cookie, a piece of poultry, cereal out of the box, a perfectly round waxen tomato -- and you'll realize that you have virtually no idea what it actually is. Full Review
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80
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A scene from "Food, Inc." (Magnolia Pictures)
Eric Shlosser, right, in "Food, Inc." (Magnolia Pictures)
A scene from "Food, Inc." (Magnolia Pictures)
Barb Kowalcyk in "Food, Inc." (Magnolia Pictures)
Joel Salatin in "Food, Inc." (Magnolia Pictures)
Troy Roush in "Food, Inc." (Magnolia Pictures)
The Orozcos in "Food, Inc." (Magnolia Pictures)
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