A Cow at My Table

Jennifer Abbott
1998-01-01


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80 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Susan Kitchen Herself - Alberta Foundation for Animal Care Unowned
Susan Schafers Herself - Holborn Poultry Farms Unowned
Joy Ripley Herself - Alberta Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Unowned
Ian Duncan Himself - Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare Unowned
Gene Bauston Himself - Farm Sanctuary Unowned
Jeannette Armstrong Herself - Activist, Writer Unowned
Karen Davis Herself - United Poultry Concerns Unowned
Vandana Shiva Herself Unowned
Carol J. Adams Herself - Author of The Sexual Politics of Meat Unowned
Tom Regan Himself - Philosopher, Activist Unowned
Howard Lyman Himself - Author of Mad Cowboy Unowned
Peter Singer Himself - Philosopher, Activist Unowned