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Slaughterhouse: What the meat industry hides (2017)

Slaughterhouse: What the meat industry hides poster
Original title
Matadero: Lo Que La Industria Carnica Esconde
Directed by
Aitor Garmendia
Genre
documentary film
Country
Mexico, Spain
Runtime
40 min
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This documentary shows footage from 58 slaughterhouses in Mexico, taken secretly by photojournalists under false identities. It documents the suffering of animals in the meat industry.

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What happens

Matadero es un documental sobre la matanza de animales para consumo humano. Las imágenes son fruto de una investigación realizada por el proyecto de fotoperiodismo Tras los Muros entre 2015 y 2017. Las imágenes se tomaron haciéndose valer de una identidad falsa. El proyecto se ha podido realizar a partir del apoyo y financiación de cientos de personas anónimas.​​ Las imágenes fueron tomadas en 58 mataderos ubicados en diez estados de México, aunque los hechos filmados son comunes a mataderos de todas partes del mundo​​​​​ (incluidos países que, como México,​ poseen regulaciones de bienestar animal). Con ellas se documenta el sufrimiento que la industria cárnica inflige a los animales. En palabras de su autor: La serie de imágenes que pertenecen a este proyecto han sido galardonadas con el premio Pictures of the Year International en la categoría Science and Natural History.​ (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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