The Meatrix (2003)

Directed by

Louis Fox

Genre

parody film

Country

United States

Runtime

4 min

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This short animation uses the style of The Matrix movies to criticize how factory farms treat animals. A farm animal discovers the truth about where food comes from.

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What happens

The Meatrix is a short flash animation critical of factory farming and industrial agricultural practices. It has been translated into more than 30 languages and watched by more than 30 million people. A parody of The Matrix series by Warner Bros. Entertainment, it was made by the green messaging firm Free Range Studios in 2003 as a commissioned project for the Grace Communications Foundation. Two sequels were released in 2006, The Meatrix II: Revolting, and The Meatrix II ½. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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