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Mad cow, sacred cow / directed by Anand Ramayya.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Beef industry.
- Cattle--Religious aspects.
- Cattle.
- Cattle trade--India.
- Cattle trade.
- Cattle--India.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (54 min.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 2008.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Terrified that his favorite food, hamburgers, will kill him, filmmaker Anand Ramayya embarks on a journey that reveals shocking connections between the mad cow crisis, the farm crisis, and the global food crisis. He realizes the contradiction between the cow that provides his favorite meal and is the livelihood of his Canadian in-laws who are small farmers, and the cow that is a god of his Hindu ancestors. With a sense of humor and curiosity, Ramayya travels back to India to learn about the modern mad cow and the ancient sacred cow, hoping that the stories he hears will reveal a solution to his fear of food. Ironically, India today is also home to a burgeoning meat export industry that threatens to destroy an agricultural economy centered around the feeding of the sacred cow, and critical to the livelihood of 65% of India's population. Globalization emerges as a recurring theme, connecting the food we eat to the environmental, cultural, economic and health crises we are currently facing. Included are interviews with activists Dr. Vandana Shiva and Maneka Gandhi; author Dr. Murray Waldman (Dying for a Hamburger: Modern Meat Processing and Alzheimer's Disease); and Swami Agnivesh, a social activist best known for his work against bonded labor in India. This film will fascinate both academic and general audiences.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed June 10, 2015).
- Won 2009 Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival, Golden Sheaf Award
- OCLC:
- 911954824
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