GMO OMG
Combines the folksy charm of Taggart Siegel's “The Real Dirt on Farmer John” and the frightening facts of Robert Kenner's “Food, Inc.”
GMO OMG
GMO OMG tells the story of a father’s discovery of GMOs through the symbolic act of poor Haitian farmers burning seeds in defiance of Monsanto’s gift of 475 tons of hybrid corn and vegetable seeds to Haiti shortly after the devastating earthquake of January 2010. After a journey to Haiti to learn why hungry farmers would burn seeds, the real awakening of what has happened to our food in the US, what we are feeding our families, and what is at stake for the global food supply unfolds in a trip across the United States and other
countries in search of answers. Are we at a tipping point? Is it time to take back our food? The encroaching darkness of unknown health and environmental risks, seed take over, chemical toxins, and food monopoly meets with the light of a growing resistance of organic farmers, concerned citizens, and a burgeoning movement to take back what we have lost.
By the simple act of feeding ourselves, we unwittingly participate in the largest experiment ever conducted on human beings. Massive agrochemical companies like Monsanto (Agent Orange) and Dow (Napalm) are feeding us genetically-modified food, GMOs that have never been fully tested and aren’t labeled. This small handful of corporations is tightening their grip on the world’s food supply—buying, modifying, and patenting seeds to ensure total control over everything we eat. We still have time to heal the planet, feed the world, and live sustainably. But we have to start now!��
countries in search of answers. Are we at a tipping point? Is it time to take back our food? The encroaching darkness of unknown health and environmental risks, seed take over, chemical toxins, and food monopoly meets with the light of a growing resistance of organic farmers, concerned citizens, and a burgeoning movement to take back what we have lost.
By the simple act of feeding ourselves, we unwittingly participate in the largest experiment ever conducted on human beings. Massive agrochemical companies like Monsanto (Agent Orange) and Dow (Napalm) are feeding us genetically-modified food, GMOs that have never been fully tested and aren’t labeled. This small handful of corporations is tightening their grip on the world’s food supply—buying, modifying, and patenting seeds to ensure total control over everything we eat. We still have time to heal the planet, feed the world, and live sustainably. But we have to start now!��
Genre
Documentary
Web Site
Runtime
83
Language
English
Director
Jeremy Seifert
FEATURED REVIEW
Ernest Hardy, Village Voice
As battles over the world's food supply intensify, some tough questions become ever more pressing: Who controls it? Are shortages being created and manipulated, and to what end? Exactly what is in what we are eating? Writer-director Jeremy Seifert addresses those concerns and more in GMO OMG, a ...
Played at
Monica Film Center 9.19.13 - 9.19.13
Lumiere Music Hall 9.27.13 - 10.03.13
Claremont 5 9.28.13 - 10.06.13
Playhouse 7 9.28.13 - 10.06.13
Royal 11.14.13 - 11.14.13
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