"Milk In the Land: Ballad of an American Drink," a documentary about the ubiquitous white beverage, has shown at several film festivals across the U.S. and is now hitting Philly. Directors Ariana Gerstein and Monteith McCollum show us the ins and outs of the cow's milk industry, revealing its interesting past. But don't expect a thoughtful retrospective on the Great American Drink - this film unearths often grimace-inducing secrets about milk, questions its nutritional value, and spotlights the milk extraction process in farms run by agribusiness corporations.The film features several theatrical elements, including testimonials by industry professionals and stop-motion animation, to explore the drink inside and out. It has been called "fascinating" by some critics, but one FilmCAN reviewer was pretty disappointed, saying the film lacked detail and that the interviewees provided stuttered, unconvincing arguments.
Despite the occasional bad review, Milk sounds pretty worthwhile - similar to the string of string of recent documentaries on the underbelly of the food industry, even if the film itself isn't the best, you'll undoubtedly walk out of the theater with some newfound food and business knowledge under your belt.
May is National BBQ Month and National Hamburger Month
Cupcakes, not for dessert (unless beef is your idea of a treat)
Because eating French Fries in the car is so tough
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4-02-2008 @ 12:07PM
Bob said...
There was a link to the article in that last message, but apparently your comment system doesn't like HTML tags. Here it is:
http://www.harpers.org/archive/2008/04/0081992
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4-02-2008 @ 1:18PM
Bob said...
Along these lines, the April issue of Harper's has a very interesting article on raw milk (unfortunately, though, I don't think you can read it online unless you're a subscriber).
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4-03-2008 @ 12:00PM
Baron said...
So... No one in the rest of the world ever drank milk before America came along? Cheese is only a few hundred years old? Am I missing something here or is that title just being used because we can't do anything right?
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