Swine (film)

SWINE
Directed by	Lewis Noll
Produced by	Robbie Lockie Damien Clarkson
Screenplay by	Robbie Lockie Damien Clarkson
Starring	Tim Shieff
Production company	Growing Box Co La Verita Studios
Release date	23 June 2016 (2016-06-23)
Running time	16 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

SWINE is a film written and directed by film-makers and campaigners Robbie Lockie and Damien Clarkson. The film is their first collaboration under the name Growing Box Co. and it has been commissioned by the charity Viva! (Viva! or Vegetarians' International Voice for Animals, is a British animal rights group) as part of their ongoing campaign 'FaceOff'. The film suggests we are sleepwalking into a superbug pandemic. The film will be released online on 7 July 2016 and there will be a London screening.^[1]

The film attracted some support from high-profile supporters actors Matt Lucas and Nicholas Hoult both tweeted about the film and expressed their support for its message.

Juliet Gellatley, Viva! founder and director wrote recently in the Huffington post where she asks are we facing the future of antibiotic resistance?

Plot

The film sees journalist Jack Tomlins (portrayed by runner Tim Shieff) go undercover in a UK factory farm to investigate rumours of a MRSA superbug outbreak in the pig population. In his search for the truth, he makes some shocking discoveries and all hangs in the balance.

References

↑ "Watch Swine". June 23, 2016.

External links

Official website
Template:Viva Charity Website

Food industry criticism
Books	The Jungle (1906) Fast Food Nation (2001) Reefer Madness (2003) Shopped (2004) Chew on This (2006) My Secret Life on the McJob (2006) The Omnivore's Dilemma (2006) Eating Animals (2009) Wheat Belly (2011) Farmageddon: The True Cost of Cheap Meat (2014) Meat Atlas (annual) The Meat Racket: The Secret Takeover of America's Food Business (2014) Defending Beef: The Case for Sustainable Meat Production (2014) Righteous Porkchop (2009)
Films	The Jungle (1914) McLibel (1997) The Corporation (2003) Super Size Me (2004) The Future of Food (2004) We Feed the World (2005) Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price (2005) Our Daily Bread (2005) Earthlings (2005) Fast Food Nation (2006) Black Gold (2006) King Corn (2007) Food, Inc. (2008) Million Calorie March: The Movie (2008) The World According to Monsanto (2008) Fresh (2009) Bananas!* (2009) Big Boys Gone Bananas!* (2011) The Dark Side of Chocolate (2010) Forks Over Knives (2011) A Place at the Table (2013) Fed Up (2014) Cowspiracy (2014)
Organizations	Coca-Cola Cargill Tesco Nestlé boycott McDonald's
Concepts	Children in cocoa production Fair trade coffee Fast food criticism Food safety Genetically modified food (controversies)
By country	China

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Swine (film)

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