At the Fork
A deeply personal and moving exploration...[of] American agriculture.
At the Fork
Filmmaker and omnivore John Papola, together with his vegetarian wife Lisa, offer up a timely and refreshingly unbiased look at how farm animals are raised for our consumption. With unprecedented access to large-scale conventional farms, Papola asks the tough questions behind every hamburger, glass of milk and baby-back rib. What he discovers are not heartless industrialists, but America's farmers - real people who, along with him, are grappling with the moral dimensions of raising animals for food.
Genre
Documentary
Runtime
99
Language
English
Director
John Papola
Producer
Cristina Colissimo,
Jordana Glick-Franzheim,
Lisa Versaci Papola
Writer(s)
Cristina Colissimo
FEATURED REVIEW
Michael Rechtshaffen, Los Angeles Times
Persuasively putting a face on the meals most of America consumes regularly without coming across as a sanctimonious expose, “At the Fork” serves up an even-handed perspective on the subject of eating ethically. Meat-eating filmmaker John Papola, at the behest of his longtime vegetarian wife, Lisa ...
Played at
Santa Monica
Monica Film Center
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