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I found the documentary film "Cowspiracy" to be disturbing and fascinating.
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Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret
A movie poster showing a cow with a sunset in the background
Movie Poster for Cowspiracy
Directed byKip Andersen
Keegan Kuhn
Produced byKip Andersen
Keegan Kuhn
StarringKip Andersen
Howard Lyman
Richard Oppenlander
Michael Pollan
Michael Klaper
Will Tuttle
Will Potter
CinematographyKeegan Kuhn
Edited byKip Andersen
Keegan Kuhn
Distributed byA.U.M. Films
First Spark Media
Release dates
June 26, 2014 (Los Angeles)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret is a 2014 documentary film produced and directed by Kip Andersen and Keegan Kuhn. The film explores the impact of animal agriculture on the environment, and investigates the policies of environmental organizations on this issue. Environmental organizations investigated in the film include Greenpeace, Sierra Club, Surfrider Foundation, Rainforest Action Network, and many more.[1][2][3][4]

The film was crowdfunded on IndieGoGo, with 1,449 contributors giving $117,092. This funding was 217% of their goal, and it allowed them to dub the film into Spanish and German and subtitle it into more than 10 other languages, including Chinese and Russian.[5][6] Screenings are licensed through the distributor as well as on Tugg.[7]

A new cut of the documentary, executive-produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, premiered globally on Netflix on September 15, 2015.[8]

Contents [hide]
1Featured individuals
2Accolades
3Criticism
4See also
5References
6External links
Featured individuals[edit]
Lisa Agabian (Sea Shepherd Conservation Society)
Manucher Alemi (Department of Water Resources)
Lindsey Allen (Rainforest Action Network)
Kip Andersen (co-director)
Will Anderson (Greenpeace)
Deniz Bolbol (American Wild Horse)
Heather Cooley (Pacific Institute)
Kamyar Guivetchi (Department of Water Resources)
Bruce Hamilton (Sierra Club)
Susan Hartland (Sea Shepherd Conservation Society)
Michael Klaper (physician, author, advisor)
Howard Lyman (former rancher, author, activist)
Demosthenes Maratos (Sustainability Institute at Molloy College )
Chad Nelsen (Surfrider Foundation)
Ann Notthoff (Natural Resources Defense Council)
Richard Oppenlander (lead consultant, author, founder of a vegan food company, environmental researcher, lecturer)
lauren Ornelas (Food Empowerment Project)
Michael Pollan (author, lecturer)
William Potter (journalist)
Leila Salazar (Amazon Watch)
Geoff Shester (Oceana)
Kirk R. Smith (Environmental Health Sciences)
Sister Dorothy Stang (advocate for the poor, the environment)
Will Tuttle (speaker, educator, author, musician)
Josh Tetrick (Beyond Eggs)
David Robinson Simon (author, law activist)
Accolades [edit]

Co-producer/director Keegan Kuhn speaks at the Cowspiracy conference in Berkeley, September 2016.
Cowspiracy won the Audience Choice Award at the 2015 South African Eco Film Festival,[9] as well as the Best Foreign Film Award at the 12th annual Festival de films de Portneuf sur l'environnement.[10] It was also nominated for Cinema Politica’s 2015 Audience Choice Award.[11]

Criticism[edit]
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Doug Boucher, reviewing the film for the Union of Concerned Scientists, disputed the film's claim that 51% of global greenhouse gases are caused by animal agriculture. Boucher describes the 51% figure as being sourced from a 2009 Worldwatch Institute report by Robert Goodland and Jeff Anhang; not from a peer-reviewed scientific paper. He asserts methodological flaws in Goodland and Anhang's logic, and claims that the scientific community has formed a consensus that global warming is primarily caused by humanity's burning of fossil fuels.[12] Boucher claims the scientific consensus is that livestock contribute 15% of global greenhouse gas emissions - far lower than the 51% claimed by the film.[12]

This Union of Concerned Scientists review concludes by alleging that livestock does indeed contribute to global warming—albeit at a far lower rate than the film claims—and notes that the film's allegation of a scientific 'conspiracy' to suppress knowledge belies the vast amount of literature published on the topic of livestock's contribution to greenhouse emissions.[12]

See also[edit]
Environmental impact of meat production
Livestock's Long Shadow
Intensive animal farming
Racing Extinction
Holocene extinction
The Sixth Extinction
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Kanner, Ellen (August 4, 2014). "Meatless Monday -- 'Cowspiracy:' The One Thing No One Talks About" . Huffington Post. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
Jump up ^ Animal Agriculture: A Neglected Agent of Global Warming? The co-producers of the documentary film "Cowspiracy" discuss the environmental impact of Intensive animal farming - and why mainstream organizations have been silent about it. November 20, 2014, The Real News
Jump up ^ "Cowspiracy" . Village. February 19, 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
Jump up ^ "Burgers Are Ending the World, Says Cowspiracy" . SF Weekly. Jun 25, 2014. Retrieved 2015-03-04.

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