How much damage can one hamburger really do? Turns out that simple question opens a much bigger debate.
Special shoutout to Sarah Louise Kaney for recommending this one!
Trailer for “Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret”
You Can’t Make This Sh!t Up
- Making 1 quarter-pound hamburgeruses about 660 gallons of water. That’s enough water for someone to shower every day for about two months.
- The doc argues that livestock production uses about 34 trillion gallons of water a year in the US. It’s also a major driver of Amazon rainforest destruction.
- The project got legs through an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign. Then, executive producer support from Leonardo DiCaprio helped drive wider distribution.
Watch “Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret”
You can watch “Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret” on Netflix, Prime Video, and Apple TV.
Ratings:
- My Rating: 90/100
- IMDb Rating: 8.1/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Ratings: 88/100 (Users), not yet rated (Critics)
Director’s Note: Kip Andersen and Keegan Kuhn directed this 91-minute documentary. Andersen also went on to direct “What the Health.”
Release Date: June 26, 2014
Other Unique Stuff
- Kip Andersen repeatedly contacts major environmental groups like Greenpeace, the Sierra Club, Oceana, and Surfrider Foundation, expecting them to discuss livestock’s environmental impact. Instead, he gets evasive answers, refusals to comment, or complete
Wrap Up:
“Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret” is one of those docs that will have you pausing to Google things. Even if you don’t buy every argument, it gets you to question assumptions.
Thanks for reading!
Heather Fenty, Guest Writer, Daily Doc