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Valus
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posted July 25, 2009 02:31 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Valus     Edit/Delete Message
Official Site and Trailer http://www.earthlings.com/
The Film http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=801102045106765290

Earthlings

EARTHLINGS is an award-winning documentary film about the suffering of animals for food, fashion, pets, entertainment and medical research. Considered the most persuasive documentary ever made, EARTHLINGS is nicknamed “the Vegan maker” for its sensitive footage shot at animal shelters, pet stores, puppy mills, factory farms, slaughterhouses, the leather and fur trades, sporting events, circuses and research labs. The film is narrated by Academy Award® nominee Joaquin Phoenix and features music by platinum-selling recording artist Moby. Initially ignored by distributors, today EARTHLINGS is considered the definitive animal rights film by organizations around the world. “Of all the films I have ever made, this is the one that gets people talking the most,” said Phoenix. “For every one person who sees EARTHLINGS, they will tell three.”

In 1999, writer/producer/director Shaun Monson began work on a series of PSAs about spaying and neutering pets. The footage he shot at animal shelters around Los Angeles affected him so profoundly that the project soon evolved into EARTHLINGS. The film would take another six years to complete because of the difficulty in obtaining footage within these profitable industries. Though the film was initially ignored by distributors, who told Monson that the film would “never see the light of day and should be swept under the rug,” today EARTHLINGS is considered the definitive animal rights film by organizations around the world.

"If I could make everybody see a film, I would make them see Earthlings".
~ Peter Singer (author: Animal Liberation)



Nation Earth was established to produce documentary films on socially urgent issues. EARTHLINGS, released in 2005, was the company's first feature film and is the first of a documentary trilogy. The company is currently at work on the second installment, UNITY, which will explore the unifying force of consciousness found in nature, animals and humankind. UNITY is scheduled to be completed in 2009. For more information please see
www.unitythemovie.com.

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Yin
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posted August 05, 2009 10:42 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Yin     Edit/Delete Message
The trailer was really paintful to watch. I am afraid to see the movie.

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Valus
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posted August 06, 2009 08:24 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Valus     Edit/Delete Message

I know how you feel,
but I think its important for people
to take a good look at the consequences
of their own actions.

There's a holocaust going on under our noses,
and nobody wants to look at, or talk about, it.


"Never underestimate the power of denial."
~ American Beauty

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Valus
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posted August 06, 2009 09:48 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Valus     Edit/Delete Message
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speciesism

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Dervish
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posted August 06, 2009 05:04 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Dervish     Edit/Delete Message
For some reason, that trailer made me think of Neverwhere Land, a cartoon clip that summed up life on Earth from its beginning to WW2 in like 3 minutes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miar5eKG4uY

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