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...Park to soak up the carbon emissions of its rich Western patrons. Small problem: expanding the park encroaches on land traditionally used by local farmers. As a result, reports the New York Times, "villagers living along the boundary of the park have been beaten and shot at, and their livestock has been confiscated by armed park rangers." All this so that swimming pools can be heated and Maseratis driven with a clear conscience in the fattest parts of the world...
...pampered with a banquet of whey, potatoes and cabbage; their lifestyle is "No stress, plenty of space and lots and lots to eat." The emphasis in Reynaud's world is on quality, both of life and of meat. He cannot help but lament the methods employed by modern livestock operations and their bland product, and worry about the preservation of traditional ways of farming and living. Nonetheless, he remains optimistic. Tradition "mount[s] a good defense against the standardization of flavor in today's food industry," he says. While the battle is far from won, he predicts that...
...Cribs.’ While prancing in a tie-dyed shirt and policeman’s badge, M.I.A. leads a gyrating pack of six-year-olds in a wild parade down the streets of a third world country (presumably Sri Lanka). The children and livestock egg her on, and she grinds back at them. They shout their approval, and she tosses chickens about like confetti while impishly spitting out salty one-liners like, “Bird flu gonna get you / Made it in my stable.” Rapid-fire editing and hand-held footage amplify the disorienting effects...
...with a long-toothed clamp. The fetal body parts are then torn off of the body and pulled out of the vaginal canal." The text notes that this concern for the unborn child's possible pain is in keeping with laws having to do with the humane slaughter of livestock and lab animals...
...Paradise,” a short film which was Dvortsevoy’s thesis project for film school, presents moments from the daily life of a family of nomadic shepherds in Kazakhstan. The camera tracks the individuals as they tend their livestock, prepare their food, and—in one case—run away from home. “Highway” takes place in the same country, and follows a family of circus performers who travel a 2,000 -mile dirt road in a dilapidated bus, performing in small villages along the way. The other two films take...