A Cow at My Table (1998)

Directed by

Jennifer Abbott

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 20m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary about how people in Western countries treat farm animals and meat. It shows interviews with animal rights activists and people from the meat industry, and includes footage of factory farms.

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What happens

A Cow at My Table is a 1998 documentary film examining Western attitudes towards farm animals and meat. It covers the conflict between animal rights advocates and the meat industry, and their respective attempts to influence consumers. It was directed, shot, and edited by Jennifer Abbott, who spent five years travelling across Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand to interview representatives on all sides. The film intercuts these interviews with images of farm animals and industrial farming operations. It explores what is sometimes popularly called factory farming. The filming of A Cow at My Table drew early criticism from the Canadian meat industry, with both the Ontario Chicken Marketing Board and the Dairy Farmers of Ontario publishing articles warning of Abbott's actions. Music for the film was performed by Oh Susanna. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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