The World According to Monsanto (US NTSC Format)
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DVD Review: powerful and infuriating...
Summary: 5 Stars
For consumers of corn, soy based products or any major crop, THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MONSANTO is a critical documentary to view.
Based on a book (originally written in French) and released originally in French as a film, we get insight into the company that brought us Round Up, the weed killer, promoted dioxins as healthful and harmless, and has proceeded to monopolize the world's food supply in the name of control - for, to paraphrase the words of one of the subjects in this piece, what better way to control the world's population than through the food that they eat. This story is far from new. Monsanto has been genetically modifying the agricultural world's seeds for decades. Don't fool yourself - when you see the majestic, sweeping shots of corn fields as part of an ADM ("Supermarket for the world") advertisement, or idealistic images of Midwestern plains with shoots growing toward the sky, chances are that each seed in that soil was modified in a laboratory somewhere by this truly evil company that enforces their control over the American farmer like the mafioso with an informant.
Monsanto literally has a 1 800 number for whistle blowers to call. These whistle blowers are farmers ratting out their colleagues and friends caught saving seed for next year. The idea behind the genetic modification of crops like corn, soy and other vegetables and fruits is to ensure that they grow unusually (and unnaturally) large in a very short period of time, without the genetic possibility of returning to fruit and flower in the seasons to come (which goes against the very natural cycle of crops and growing things in the natural world). That keeps Monsanto in control, and with the upper hand, over every person in the agricultural industry. Those who call as informants to the aforementioned 1 800 number basically are basically sending the message that there are individuals unwilling to comply with Monsanto's enforced growing practices. A representative is sent to the "non compliant" farmer (as simple as a knock on the door) and with one small interaction, the agronomist in question can easily be put out of business in his industry for being subversive (i.e. not using non-regenerative, genetically modified seeds from Monsanto - in other words, not openly and readily supporting them as an active consumer for future transactions). Farmers have committed suicide over the extortive and destructive tactics in which the company enforces and exerts their power over those who make their living selling their produce. It is no laughing matter.
What's more - Round Up (a Monsanto created product) has spread throughout the world as a common weed killer, on a global scale. The product has been used in indigenous populations, poor communities in the Deep South of the United States, and many other communities. Record levels of heavy metals and toxins have been detected in the land for which the product has been used, in addition to those who live either on the land or in close proximity of where the chemical spraying/treatments take place - ultimately causing cancer and other afflictions. Not only does Monsanto exploit the poor, but those who are under the false impression that spraying crops with this poison is harmless and even healthful. My stomach turned, watching the ad campaigns that Monsanto created to target indigenous communities (and even pregnant women and families) in Brazil. The advertisements maintained the claim that any spraying was harmless and did not cause any harm (including to dogs and women of child bearing years who might be expecting). We see deceptively malicious images of smiling women, children frolicking and dogs running free through the countryside - entirely in Portuguese.
It felt like the most deceptive and nauseating type of propaganda I have ever seen.
The interviews are engaging, the footage is infuriating and the structure of this film unfolds in a smooth and persuasive manner. The film smoothly progresses, with voice over of the author who initially wrote the book (Marie-Monique Robin), as she reports her findings to us, after her efforts to contact the parties responsible, as well as interviewing numerous folks in question who either did our agricultural industry dirty in the lowest (and most corrupt) form. She also speaks, presents and reports information acquired from victims of Monsanto's shameless tactics to control populations, their food cultivation and consumption, as well as ruining their water supplies with dioxin rich run off (from routine land treatments, where cash crops are grown - on a global scale). This is especially an engaging method of conveying the overall message - not simply that Monsanto is evil and exerts a tremendous amount of control over our global community - but that we must be conscious consumers, even if we are kept in the dark about many of the company's unethical and destructive practices.
See this film. It is very important that we know what this company is trying to do, as far as monopolizing our food supply (you will want to buy organic and non genetically modified after watching this - trust me). Though it is sobering, it gives you a fresh perspective as to how important it is to be as conscious as to where your food sources are situated and how they are being cultivated. If our bodies are our temples, we need to maintain appropriate guard keeping principles so we don't fall under the corruption of an industry that was once looked at as sacred.
Description of The World According to Monsanto (US NTSC Format)
Documentary showing how Monsanto went from developing Agent Orange to becoming the monopoly in agriculture,suppressing farmers with it's patents and hired goons. A great case in point of how the corporation has achieved dominance over humanity.Bestsellers in DVD
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