http://www.movies.ie/movies/planeat
http://www.allinlondon.co.uk/cinema/film.php?film=113248
This visually stunning film tells the story of the scientists, farmers and chefs tackling one of the greatest problems of our age:
The problem is Western culture's love affair with meat and dairy.
Through an extraordinary personal and mouthwatering culinary journey we discover the wide range of medical and environmental benefits of eating our veggies.
Interview with one of the directors:
http://www.ideastap.com/magazine/all-articles/planeat-shelley-lee-davies
http://www.debateyourplate.com/video/planeat-due-for-release-2010/
Planeat turns our Western diet upside down and asks IF we need be so ADDICTED TO a diet of dairy and meat.
PLANEAT writes:
Tracking the work of a group of scientists, doctors and environmentalists, the film forces us to confront the evidence that a heavily animal-based diet is bad for our health, the environment and the future of the planet.
The film features the ground-breaking work of Dr. T Colin Campbell in China exploring the link between diet and cancer, Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn Jr’s use of diet to treat heart disease patients, and Professor Gidon Eshel and Professor Peter Singer’s philosophies on how to feed an ever-burgeoning population in the midst of global warming.
With the help of some innovative chefs and farmers, we are shown how the problems we face today can be solved, without simply resorting to a diet of lentils and lettuce leaves.
http://www.dietsinreview.com/diet_column/01/new-film-planeat-shows-how-the-way-we-eat-affects-us-and-the-planet/
In the past few years, we have seen a rise in the number of films and documentaries highlighting how our current food industrial practices are not just taking years off our lives but perhaps off the planet’s also. Films like Fast Food Nation, Fresh, and Food Inc., are just a few recent notables in what appears to be a growing trend among filmmakers, activists, scientists, journalists and farmers to urge Westerners to become more mindful about our food choices and more proactive in demanding safer and healthier food.
The new film by British filmmakers, PLANEAT: How to Feed a Planet, is an eye-opening look into how our love of meat and dairy is taking its toll on our health, environment and the planet.
Recent research has suggested that making small dietary changes, such as limiting the amount of meat consumed each week, can have drastic benefits. From reduced cancer risk to lessening the amount of greenhouse gas emissions, the consequences have the potential to be life and earth-changing.
PLANEAT features breakthrough research from scientists, doctors, and research and agriculture experts from around the world, all of whom connect the dots among the Western Diet, cancer and the devolving health of the planet. But rather than leaving you with your hands thrown up in the air in despair, PLANEAT calls on innovative chefs, researchers and scientists, whose simple yet creative solutions offer hope to those who feel like doomsday is just a cheeseburger away.
Since PLANEAT was produced independently and without any big movie funding, the film, which was an official selection at London’s 2009 Raindance Festival (the British version of the American Sundance Film Festival), it is only being shown at select locations upon the request of interested viewers.
