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This is by far the best documentary that I have ever seen! (And I watch documentaries all the time). It's really really well done (everything is good: the camera work, the music, etc) and it's very thoughtful and thought- provoking. I've talked to numerous people and they've all liked it. In fact, I've never met anyone who didn't like it. People with very different diets (vegetarians, vegans, omnivores, hard-core meat eaters, etc) really like it, and people with very different personalities. I've showed it to people who don't usually watch documentaries and they have really liked it too, saying that it was engaging and a great conversation starter. I would highly recommend this movie to everyone.

Following the publication of Upton Sinclair's hard-hitting, 1906 novel "The Jungle", which detailed the grim realities of the Chicago meat packing industry, he commented, "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach." Now, one hundred years later, a documentary about the inhumane conditions that still exist in that industry again aims for the heart, but this time, squarely hits its target."Peaceable Kingdom", a sensitive and sensible film, centers on the Farm Sanctuary, a collective in Watkins Glen, New York, whose mission is rescuing 'factory farm' animals, particularly sick and injured ones, from the slaughterhouse. It's a daunting task--and a sad one. Graphic footage of thousands of live-but-useless baby chicks being poured into dumpsters by front-end loaders, and of 'downed' cattle being dragged to their deaths by tractors and fork lifts, is alarming and disturbing, regardless of where one dines on the culinary continuum . To be fair, this is not always the case, but neither is it the rare exception.On one level, "Peaceable Kingdom" is an unabashed and overt appeal to adopt a vegetarian lifestyle--a tall order, and one that even Farm Collective members would probably agree will fall on many deaf ears given our culture's inveterate meat and dairy based diet. But on a second, and perhaps, higher level, it's a plea to provide, at the very least, a humane system within which food source animals are protected from abuse and neglect. Although the film is not a judgmental indictment of meat eaters, it will undoubtedly have its carnivorous critics. But even the most dedicated Burger King and McDonald's diners will get the point here. It's not just about what we eat, but the way we go about supplying that need.In industrialized nations where food production and food consumption rarely interface, it's easy for consumers to be insulated from the process by which dinner gets on the table. And it's likely that many have never seen the living versions of the animals that have become dietary staples. This isn't solely due to a more urbanized society, but also because of less visible food farming practices. Unlike dairy and cattle farms of the past, where outdoor grazing was the norm, today's factory farms have become indoor operations confining animals to cramped, unlit, mechanized environments designed to produce higher yields using less labor, facilitated by the use of tons of chemical additives, gallons of antibiotics and millions of cubic feet of aerosol pesticides, all of which inevitably find their way into the food chain and our kitchens.Produced by Tribe Of Heart co-founders James LaVeck and Jenny Stein, "Peaceable Kingdom" avoids attempts to be slick, flashy or confrontational. Its straightforward production value, though not quite professional, is far from inexperienced. It's articulate, not preachy; thought provoking, not disapproving; suggestive, not critical. And decidedly opinionated, which any good documentary should be. It's only drawback is its failure to identify any of its on-camera interviewees.Ultimately, determining whether humans are, by nature, carnivores, herbivores or omnivores is an anthropological question. But the conditions to which animal food sources are subjected in the name efficiency or expediency--and profit--is a social one, and maybe one worth more consideration than most are willing to give it. "Peaceable Kingdom" puts that question on the table.© 2005

This film shows people who care about non-human creatures talking about helping animals, and how they made the choice to do the work they do.There is no gore, rhetoric, ranting, or other unpleasantness in this documentary style movie. "Peaceable Kingdom" is a safe movie to show to young children.It is both entertaining and enlightening. There are interviews with down to earth people talking honestly from the heart about why they care about the other inhabitants of this planet.I suspect that viewing it, and showing it to children could help make the world a gentler place.

Peaceable Kingdom is a one-of-a-kind, good cop/bad cop cinematic work over for people who love animals but still eat them. This independent nonprofit production company - aptly named Tribe of Heart - doesn't just rub viewers' noses in extended footage of the brutality farmed animals typically endure today, it spends most of its time uplifting us with a vision of a peaceable kingdom where those same animals are as dear to people's hearts as any pet dog or cat. That peaceable kingdom is here and now, if only on a small scale, at a large and legendary (in the animal rights and welfare community) rural property and nonprofit organization in upstate New York called Farm Sanctuary.If the stick of Peaceable Kingdom is the footage of abused farm animals, the carrot is the story of Farm Sanctuary and the people of all ages who visit it every week, celebrating the sacred bond between animal and human. Director Jenny Stein focuses on a few very special visitors who tell their stories to the camera. Particularly moving is the story of a young former animal farmer, former conflicted 4-H kid, who lost his compassion for farm animals growing up and regained it on a visit to Farm Sanctuary.He no longer farms or eats animals; he advocates for them. If you see this deeply moving film you may too.