A Cow at My Table

A Cow at My Table

80 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1998

A Cow at My Table explores Western attitudes towards farm animals and meat, and the intense battle between animal advocates and the meat industry to influence the consumer's mind. Five years in production took Director Jennifer Abbott across Canada, the US, Australia and New Zealand to meet with the leaders of the animal rights movement, animal welfare advocates as well as spokespeople from livestock industries. A Cow at My Table inter-cuts these diverse perspectives with archival films, images from modern-day agribusiness and footage of farm animals shot from uncharacteristic vantage points.

A Cow at My Table

80 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1998

A Cow at My Table
A Cow at My Table explores Western attitudes towards farm animals and meat, and the intense battle between animal advocates and the meat industry to influence the consumer's mind. Five years in production took Director Jennifer Abbott across Canada, the US, Australia and New Zealand to meet with the leaders of the animal rights movement, animal welfare advocates as well as spokespeople from livestock industries. A Cow at My Table inter-cuts these diverse perspectives with archival films, images from modern-day agribusiness and footage of farm animals shot from uncharacteristic vantage points.
Producers Flying Eye Productions
Original title A Cow at My Table
Directors Jennifer Abbott
Writers

Cast

Susan Kitchen

as Herself - Alberta Foundation for Animal Care

Susan Schafers

as Herself - Holborn Poultry Farms

Joy Ripley

as Herself - Alberta Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Ian Duncan

as Himself - Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare

Gene Bauston

as Himself - Farm Sanctuary

Jeannette Armstrong

as Herself - Activist, Writer

Karen Davis

as Herself - United Poultry Concerns

Vandana Shiva

as Herself

Carol J. Adams

as Herself - Author of The Sexual Politics of Meat

Tom Regan

as Himself - Philosopher, Activist

Howard Lyman

as Himself - Author of Mad Cowboy

Peter Singer

as Himself - Philosopher, Activist