I Eat Therefore I Am

Viewers: Brittany Collins and Brian Rawson

Stream for free: http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/festival/play/6243/I-Eat-Therefore-I-Am

About:

Director: Vincent Bruno | Producer: Alexandra Pons

Produced: 2010 | Country: Belgium

Run time: 28:10 | Language: French (English subtitles)

Synopsis: Of the 870 million people who suffer daily from hunger, 75 percent are farmers.  "I Eat Therefore I Am" sheds light on many of the problems surrounding agriculture around the world, and questions the ineffectiveness of the system to assure the food sovereignty of all people--especially those who are cultivating food for the rest of the population.

Opinion:

• Well-organized around thesis (Who will feed the world?)
• Subtitles distracting at times
• Does not really align with GROW
• In a post-2008 food crisis economy, the film's framing seems more 2005-ish
• Animated segments do a good job of making certain topics more digestible 

• Focuses on liberalized foreign trade
• Discusses problem of selling food for the lowest price to remain competitive-- could be confusing when we talk about rising food prices
• Proposed solutions include food sovereignty, imposing tariffs, opting out of the system (not solutions proposed by GROW)
• Does not address plural focus of GROW or the current myriad of problems

Recommendation: 

• Use for background context only
• Good for showing for:
• People looking for background context
• Not appropriate for first exposure to GROW campaign