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The Global Banquet (Politics of Food)

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Producer(s)Anne Macksoud, John Ankele
Director(s)Anne Macksoud, John Ankele
Runtime57 min
Format(s)video
Language(s)English
Youth Mediano

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The Global Banquet reveals the profoundly negative impact of globalization on our food system. Taking examples from all over the world this video makes "difficult" issues understandable to the non-specialist, by exposing the underlying myths, i.e.
that hunger is the result of scarcity,
that small countries simply can't feed themselves,
that only market driven, chemically based, industrial agriculture can feed the world,
The documentary explains how
Agri- business is squeezing out small farmers and how our trade policies are destroying peoples' ability to feed themselves throughout the developing world, with women being particularly affected.
The video examines the ethical questions at the heart of the globalization debate and shows what farmers, laborers, environmentalists, animal rights activists, church groups and students, here and in the developing world, are doing to address the situation.

Official Sitewww.olddogproductions.net
Contactanne.macksoud@valley.net

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Related IssuesAfrica, Agriculture, Animal Rights, Asia, Biodiversity, Central America, Corporate Violations to the Environment, Economic Development, Economic Justice, Environment, Environmental Justice, Environmental Preservation, Equal Opportunities, Family & Society, Gender/Women, Human Rights, Immigration, International, Labor, Migrant Workers, Politics/Government, Pollution, Poverty, South America