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Food Chains

2014 · 1h 23m · Not Rated Documentary

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Overview

This call to arms documentary details the questionable ethics of the food supply industry, pointing out the power of huge supermarket chains to dictate low wages and inhumane labor conditions for farmworkers in the United States.

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All reviews
91%
Tomatometer
Fresh

At the end of the day, Rawal is trying to make a point more than telling a story. It's hard to blame him, because we've avoided this shameful problem for too long, and for a change, someone's actually offering a reasonable solution.

David Lewis, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten

Because of the narrative's need for closure, the film bizarrely recasts the lost battle as something uplifting.

Martin Tsai, Los Angeles Times
Fresh

How miserable does your day have to be to transform the breeze from a pesticide spray into a blessing?

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Fresh

Rawal takes a compassionate but dry approach that suggests he's focused on making a call to arms, not art.

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Fresh

Americans remain all too disconnected from those who toil in grim living and working conditions to supply their food. Maybe it's about time to worry.

Daphne Howland, Village Voice

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