《统治》通过无人机航拍、隐蔽摄像机及手持摄像机的镜头,深入探讨人类与动物之间的六大领域:伴侣动物、野生动物、科研、娱乐、服装和食物,对人类统治动物的道德性与正确性提出质疑。
该片无疑已经成为2018年最受人瞩目的纪录片之一,其制作团队不仅有《地球公民》导演尚恩·莫森的加 持,解说团队也集结了杰昆·菲尼克斯、鲁妮·玛拉等重量级明星。有观众在看完后,将影片称作“为新一代人而生的《地球公民》”。
在导演看来,“统治”意味着一个群体对另一个群体施加控制、权力或权威,统治者相信自己有这样做的权利。而这样一种信念,往往源于一种自我优越感以及“强权即真理”的观念。
通过影片,导演对社会上的一些普遍迷思提出挑战,例如“动物低人一等”,“人类有权对动物为所欲为”。另外,导演还简要探讨了人类的自我优越感如何与人类最阴暗的一些意识形态形成互补,观众也将看到种族歧视、性别歧视和物种歧视之间的相似性。
导演克里斯·德尔福斯2014年执导的《光明》(Lucent)是《统治》的前作。
An examination of our dietary choices and the food we put in our bodies.
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.
Fowl Play is a documentery about the treatment of egg laying hens and other animals. It goes inside of egg corporations that people buy from everyday, and exposes how those animals are being treated, abused, and killed.
Milk - an essential food for our wellbeing? The highly processed white industrial product we are supposed to consume on a daily basis is suspected of causing numerous diseases of civilization. We take a closer look at the ongoing debate.