Facing Animals
Director Jan van ijken
Countries Netherlands
Duration 29 min
Synopsis
Why do we look away from millions of animals in industrial farms while pampering and humanizing others? This is the fundamental question posed by a fascinating new documentary film by Dutch photographer and filmmaker, Jan Van Ijken. “The film takes the perspective of the animal, but actually is about man who in his inscrutable wisdom labels one animal as a cheap piece of meat, and the other as an interesting research object, beauty ideal, pest, pathetic creature or partner/mate/child. In Facing Animals, I give the hidden animals in the industrial farms a face. I invite the viewer to think about the value of an animal,” writes Van Ijken. - See more at: http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/facing-animals-a-dutch-documentary-about-our-wildly-conflicting-perceptions-of-animals/#sthash.EDT8BOEq.dpuf
Why do we look away from millions of animals in industrial farms while pampering and humanizing others? This is the fundamental question posed by a fascinating new documentary film by Dutch photographer and filmmaker, Jan Van Ijken. “The film takes the perspective of the animal, but actually is about man who in his inscrutable wisdom labels one animal as a cheap piece of meat, and the other as an interesting research object, beauty ideal, pest, pathetic creature or partner/mate/child. In Facing Animals, I give the hidden animals in the industrial farms a face. I invite the viewer to think about the value of an animal,” writes Van Ijken. - See more at: http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/facing-animals-a-dutch-documentary-about-our-wildly-conflicting-perceptions-of-animals/#sthash.EDT8BOEq.dpuf