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Old 01-01-2011, 05:20 AM
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Thumbs up Earthlings

Official Site and Trailer http://www.earthlings.com/
The Film http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkLt88_u5lQ

EARTHLINGS is an award-winning documentary film about the suffering of animals for food, fashion, pets, entertainment and medical research. Considered the most persuasive documentary ever made, EARTHLINGS is nicknamed “the Vegan maker” for its sensitive footage shot at animal shelters, pet stores, puppy mills, factory farms, slaughterhouses, the leather and fur trades, sporting events, circuses and research labs. The film is narrated by Academy Award® nominee Joaquin Phoenix and features music by platinum-selling recording artist Moby. Initially ignored by distributors, today EARTHLINGS is considered the definitive animal rights film by organizations around the world. “Of all the films I have ever made, this is the one that gets people talking the most,” said Phoenix. “For every one person who sees EARTHLINGS, they will tell three.”

In 1999, writer/producer/director Shaun Monson began work on a series of PSAs about spaying and neutering pets. The footage he shot at animal shelters around Los Angeles affected him so profoundly that the project soon evolved into EARTHLINGS. The film would take another six years to complete because of the difficulty in obtaining footage within these profitable industries. Though the film was initially ignored by distributors, who told Monson that the film would “never see the light of day and should be swept under the rug,” today EARTHLINGS is considered the definitive animal rights film by organizations around the world.


"If I could make everybody see a film, I would make them see Earthlings".
~ Peter Singer (author: Animal Liberation)

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Old 01-01-2011, 05:25 AM
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I have no doubt it's very effective. There's a PSA played in recent months that was very effective and it wasn't pretty. I'm surprised they played it at all. Quick shots of suffering pets with hauntingly beautiful music played behind it...
Where I work I deal with court reports and deal with legal files, and once years ago saw a picture of a neglected pet dog that brought me to tears.
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Old 01-01-2011, 06:06 AM
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I am the voice of the voiceless;
Through me the dumb shall speak,
Till the deaf world's ears be made to hear
The wrongs of the wordless weak.
I am my brothers keeper,
And I will fight his fights;
And speak the words for beast and bird
Till the world shall set things right.

- Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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