Our Daily Bread

I watched "Our Daily Bread" and it had a very powerful impact on me. I feel that since there was no direct talking to the camera and just listening to the sounds of industrialization made it's point stronger. This movie is very powerful in the sense that it is very persuasive to try and change people's eating and consuming habits. More than anything I think this movie just opened my eyes to the horrors that are happening behind the scenes of our food, mainly. Initially this movie is a good educational tool, but it doesn't really set up people with ways to change their daily habits. Industrial food is EVERYWHERE so it's very hard for most people to change where they get there food right away. Changing people's habits and perspectives is going to take a lot of time. I think this movie portrayed awareness and knowledge but it didn't give people options of what to do next and how to act, which is what environmental education does.

This movie had a big impact on me because I am already environmentally aware, but I feel that people who don't have the same perspective as me wouldn't think anything is wrong with industrialization. A lot of people think that industrialization is the best thing that has happened to this world. But this movie might change people's perspectives a little by the method of filming. The movie was filmed by showing what goes on behind the scenes. It was very interesting to see and hear what went on behind the doors of the industrial chaos. I actually had to watch the movie is segments because I could only handle so much! I watched this movie a few weeks ago so not all the images are still vivid in my mind, but the one image that I can still clearly see is the mass amount of little baby chickens riding on these escalator things to be checked and then shipped off to live in a tiny, dark room until they were big enough to be killed. It was like that for all farm animals but I think the chickens stayed in my mind because they were so tiny and cute and I love eating chicken but after that I felt sick to my stomach.

"Our Daily Bread" did a very good job of portraying it's view and what it wants people to know, but like I said it's hard to change people's perception and habits. The movie changed my perception though and made me want to change my habits. It's hard to get to the farmer's market on Saturdays but I really want to make it a habit. I really liked this movie and I suggests others to watch it.