Documentary filmmaker Robert Kenner examines how mammoth corporations have taken over all aspects of the food chain in the United States, from the farms where our food is grown to the chain restaurants and supermarkets where it's sold. Narrated by author and activist Eric Schlosser, the film features interviews with average Americans about their dietary habits, commentary from food experts like Michael Pollan and unsettling footage shot inside large-scale animal processing plants.
Direction
Robert Kenner weaponizes corporate footage against itself.
Editing
Juxtaposing pastoral ads with industrial horror — savage.
Writing
Schlosser and Pollan translate policy into stomach-turning clarity.
Director
Robert Kenner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This film landed during the 2008 financial crisis, amplifying its anti-corporate message and helping spark the farm-to-table movement's mainstream explosion.
Several companies depicted — including Tyson and Monsanto — declined to participate; the film uses their promotional materials and SEC filings against them instead. Director Kenner later admitted he stopped eating certain foods during editing.
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