Food Chains
Documentary
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2014
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This call to arms documentary details the questionable ethics of the food supply industry, pointing out the power of huge supermarket chains to dictate low wages and inhumane labor conditions for farmworkers in the United States.
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Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
83 min
Release date:
26 Apr 2014
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$913,000
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
N/A
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
At the end of the day, Rawal is trying to make a point more than telling a story. It's hard to blame him, because we've avoided this shameful problem for too long, and for a change, someone's actually offering a reasonable solution.
– David Lewis,
San Francisco Chronicle,
27 Nov 2014
rotten:
Because of the narrative's need for closure, the film bizarrely recasts the lost battle as something uplifting.
– Martin Tsai,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Nov 2014
fresh:
How miserable does your day have to be to transform the breeze from a pesticide spray into a blessing?
– Jeannette Catsoulis,
New York Times,
20 Nov 2014
fresh:
Rawal takes a compassionate but dry approach that suggests he's focused on making a call to arms, not art.
– Elizabeth Weitzman,
New York Daily News,
20 Nov 2014
fresh:
Americans remain all too disconnected from those who toil in grim living and working conditions to supply their food. Maybe it's about time to worry.
– Daphne Howland,
Village Voice,
18 Nov 2014