Food, Inc., Magnolia Pictures ; Participant Media & River Road Entertainment present a film by Robert Kenner ; director of photography, Richard Pearce ; co-producers, Eric Schlosser, Richard Pearce, Melissa Robledo ; executive producers, William Pohlad, Jeff Skoll, Robin Schorr, Diane Weyermann ; producers, Robert Kenner, Elise Pearlstein ; directed by Robert Kenner ; writers, Robert Kenner, Elise Pearlstein, Kim Roberts ; developed with American Documentary, Inc
Type
Label
Food, Inc., Magnolia Pictures ; Participant Media & River Road Entertainment present a film by Robert Kenner ; director of photography, Richard Pearce ; co-producers, Eric Schlosser, Richard Pearce, Melissa Robledo ; executive producers, William Pohlad, Jeff Skoll, Robin Schorr, Diane Weyermann ; producers, Robert Kenner, Elise Pearlstein ; directed by Robert Kenner ; writers, Robert Kenner, Elise Pearlstein, Kim Roberts ; developed with American Documentary, Inc
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: PG; for some thematic material and disturbing images
Main title
Food, Inc.
Oclc number
429531017
Responsibility statement
Magnolia Pictures ; Participant Media & River Road Entertainment present a film by Robert Kenner ; director of photography, Richard Pearce ; co-producers, Eric Schlosser, Richard Pearce, Melissa Robledo ; executive producers, William Pohlad, Jeff Skoll, Robin Schorr, Diane Weyermann ; producers, Robert Kenner, Elise Pearlstein ; directed by Robert Kenner ; writers, Robert Kenner, Elise Pearlstein, Kim Roberts ; developed with American Documentary, Inc
Runtime
91
Summary
Explores the U.S. commercial food industry, examining corporate control of supply and market. The film seeks to demonstrate how the incentive for corporate profit can overwhelm consumer health needs, as well as the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and the environment. Reveals various details of food ingredients and additives, and how contemporary mass production methods of food affects U.S. culture
Table Of Contents
Fast food to all food -- A cornucopia of choices -- Unintended consequences -- The dollar menu -- In the grass -- Hidden costs -- From seed to the supermarket -- The veil -- Shocks to the system -- Power of the consumer
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Food, Incorporated
Classification
Contributor
- Robledo, Melissa
- Weyermann, Diane
- Magnolia Pictures (Firm)
- Pearlstein, Elise
- Adler, Mark
- Pearce, Richard, 1943-
- Salatin, Joel
- American Documentary, Inc
- Pollan, Michael
- Roberts, Kim, (Motion picture editor)
- Schlosser, Eric
- Skoll, Jeff
- Participant Media
- Kenner, Robert, 1950-
- Hirshberg, Gary
- Pohlad, William
- Schorr, Robin
- River Road Entertainment (Firm)
- Magnolia Home Entertainment (Firm)
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Subject
- Documentary films
- Food industry and trade
- Agriculture + Economic aspects
- Documentary
- Cereal products industry
- Dairy products industry -- United States
- Agriculture
- Food handling -- United States
- Food adulteration and inspection
- Food industry and trade -- United States
- Consumer Product Safety -- United States
- Foodborne diseases
- Food Industry -- United States
- Food prices -- United States
- Food adulteration and inspection -- United States
- Food Inspection -- United States
- Nonfiction films
- Agriculture -- United States
- Materiales en español -- Bilingüe
- Food prices
- Agricultural industries
- Agricultural industries -- United States
- Produce trade
- Product recall
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films -- United States
- Dairy products industry
- Feature films
- Foodborne diseases -- United States
- Agriculture + Economic aspects -- United States
- Product safety -- United States
- Cereal products industry -- United States
- Agriculture + economics -- United States
- Product safety
- Meat industry and trade
- Documentary films
- United States
- Food handling
- Meat industry and trade -- United States
- Agriculture + Environmental aspects
- Food industry and trade + Quality control
- Product recall -- United States
- Food Handling -- United States
- Spanish language materials -- Bilingual
- Agricultural processing + Quality control
- Produce trade -- United States
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- Robledo, Melissa
- Weyermann, Diane
- Magnolia Pictures (Firm)
- Pearlstein, Elise
- Adler, Mark
- Pearce, Richard, 1943-
- Salatin, Joel
- American Documentary, Inc
- Pollan, Michael
- Roberts, Kim, (Motion picture editor)
- Schlosser, Eric
- Skoll, Jeff
- Participant Media
- Kenner, Robert, 1950-
- Hirshberg, Gary
- Pohlad, William
- Schorr, Robin
- River Road Entertainment (Firm)
- Magnolia Home Entertainment (Firm)
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- Subject46
- Documentary films
- Food industry and trade
- Agriculture + Economic aspects
- Documentary
- Cereal products industry
- Dairy products industry -- United States
- Agriculture
- Food handling -- United States
- Food adulteration and inspection
- Food industry and trade -- United States
- Consumer Product Safety -- United States
- Foodborne diseases
- Food Industry -- United States
- Food prices -- United States
- Food adulteration and inspection -- United States
- Food Inspection -- United States
- Nonfiction films
- Agriculture -- United States
- Materiales en español -- Bilingüe
- Food prices
- Agricultural industries
- Agricultural industries -- United States
- Produce trade
- Product recall
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films -- United States
- Dairy products industry
- Feature films
- Foodborne diseases -- United States
- Agriculture + Economic aspects -- United States
- Product safety -- United States
- Cereal products industry -- United States
- Agriculture + economics -- United States
- Product safety
- Meat industry and trade
- Documentary films
- United States
- Food handling
- Meat industry and trade -- United States
- Agriculture + Environmental aspects
- Food industry and trade + Quality control
- Product recall -- United States
- Food Handling -- United States
- Spanish language materials -- Bilingual
- Agricultural processing + Quality control
- Produce trade -- United States
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