A Cow at My Table (1998)
Overview
A Cow at My Table explores Western attitudes towards farm animals and meat, and the intense battle between animal advocates and the meat industry to influence the consumer's mind. Five years in production took Director Jennifer Abbott across Canada, the US, Australia and New Zealand to meet with the leaders of the animal rights movement, animal welfare advocates as well as spokespeople from livestock industries. A Cow at My Table inter-cuts these diverse perspectives with archival films, images from modern-day agribusiness and footage of farm animals shot from uncharacteristic vantage points.
Cast
Vandana Shiva
Herself
Carol J. Adams
Herself - Author of The Sexual Politics of Meat
Howard Lyman
Himself - Author of Mad Cowboy
Peter Singer
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