Food, Inc. 2006. USA. Directed by Robert Kenner. 35mm. 94 min.
A seminal documentary that pulled back the curtain on the American food industry, Food, Inc. remains as vital now as it was 12 years ago. Charting the history of the industrial food economy from the mid-century advent of fast food to the patent of genetically modified soybean genes, the film distills how rapidly the way Americans eat has been transformed by multinational corporations. Through integration of footage revealing the disturbing conditions of factory farms and slaughterhouses with testimonials from families whose lives were devastated by E.Coli infections, the film deconstructs the divide between consumers, where their food comes from, and the government responsible for oversight. Food. Inc. asks the still-unanswered question of who will make safe and healthy food available to Americans.