Line #13 Film/Earthlings


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:We are all earthlings.]]
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4	->''"But for the sake of some little mouthful of flesh, we deprive a soul of the sun and light and of that proportion of life and time it had been born into the world to enjoy."''
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6	''Earthlings'' is a 2005 {{documentary}} film about the horrific treatment of animals in the food industry, puppy mills, etc. The film was directed by Shaum Monson, is narrated by Creator/JoaquinPhoenix, features music by Music/{{Moby}} and was co-produced by Creator/MaggieQ.
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8	It is available for free at the [[http://www.earthlings.com/ filmmaker's website.]]
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10	Not to be confused with PunyEarthlings, or [[Literature/{{Earthlings}} the unrelated book of the same name]].
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13	!!Provides examples of:
14	* ArtisticLicenseAnimalCare: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20201104185217/https://the-unpopular-opinions.tumblr.com/post/81308663040/this-is-an-opinion-brought-to-you-by-a-rancher This Tumblr post]] from a rancher asserts that the movie tries to extrapolate isolated incidents of animal abuse to farmers and ranchers in general being abusive while noting that the allegedly-common practices described would be counterproductive in reality.
15	* [[ImAHumanitarian Cannibal]]: It shows a few chickens eating a dead one. Also, pigs get their tails cut off so other pigs will not bite them off. Cannibalism in pigs is also shown to occur frequently.
16	* CruelAndUnusualDeath: The documentary uses real footage of shelters, slaughterhouses, and similar to illustrate what animals go through. Some highlights:
17	** A stray dog gets tied up and tossed into the back of a garbage truck where it gets crushed to death. We don't see any gore, but the moment you understand what's about to happen is dreadful.
18	** The film notes that when a cow gets its [[SlashedThroat throat slit]] while upside down, it essentially drowns in its own blood.
19	** The animals that are killed for fur are killed by [[AssShove getting an electric rod in an unpleasant place]].
20	* {{Gorn}}: It is an extremely brutal and graphic film. The faint of heart might want to listen to it instead if you can handle the sound of pigs screaming...
21	* GroinAttack:
22	** Without any sort of pain relievers or anesthesia, either.
23	** Anal-electrocution is used to kill a fox.
24	* {{Hypocrite}}: They show a "kosher" farm that is anything but.
25	* ItIsDehumanizing: Why the narrator often speaks of animals as "he or she".
26	* MercyKill: {{Subverted}}. Captive bolts were designed to kill an animal with as little suffering as possible, but as the documentary shows, it does not always work as intended.
27	* WhatMeasureIsANonCute: The film shows animal cruelty to all sorts of animals, but the animals in the food industry get the worst treatment.
28	* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: The film tries to argue against this, even comparing the mistreatment of animals to sexism and racism.

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