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The Future of Food

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Filmmaker Deborah Koons Garcia examines agribusiness' aggressive push for genetically modified food.
The Future of Food

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Critics Consensus

The Future of Food is a one-sided, but revelatory documentary about the dangers of genetically modified food.

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J. R. Jones Chicago Reader 06/28/2022
Like The Corporation, this presents complicated economic issues in language ordinary viewers can understand and conjures up a chilling landscape. Go to Full Review
Ted Fry Seattle Times 11/23/2005
2/4
The Future of Food carries an important warning that deserves heed. The problem is it will likely be preaching only to a duly incensed choir, which is its greatest pity. Go to Full Review
Michael Booth Denver Post 10/21/2005
1/4
Garcia subscribes to the simplistic and patronizing theories that consumers are hapless victims, force-fed things they don't want by conniving corporations and conspiratorial governments. Go to Full Review
Dorothy Woodend The Tyee (British Columbia) 08/24/2017
The film takes on one of the most important subjects of this time, maybe of all time, and in this light, I wished that the filmmaker was more up to the challenge. Go to Full Review
Christopher Null Filmcritic.com 05/06/2006
3/5
Doug Cummings Filmjourney 03/17/2006
With alarming and concise analysis, it highlights the way traditional farming in the US has become a corporate-controlled, less diversified business with global repercussions. Go to Full Review
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10/19/2013 A very good documentary about biotech food. Not just the possible dangers of the consumption of the food as addressed by Japan and Europe, but also about patent laws on life. Watch this one. See more 03/07/2013 Great topic but it seems to rest on that. Still, very eye-opening and a good reminder of why organic produce may be worth the extra expense. See more 11/12/2012 Nice try, but falls short on many levels. Looks like an attempt to do something like "Food, Inc" but without even a cursory understanding of editing or building visual narratives. A nice song for the choir, but nobody outside of the proverbial meetinghouse is going to come in to hear it otherwise. See more 05/29/2012 A lot of horrifying information about modern food production, its aggressive embrace of GMOs and the terrifying result. Very dryly presented. See more 03/16/2012 Has some good points to make but not enough to fill 90 minutes worth of film in an interesting way. See more 02/26/2012 This film was a very one-sided example of how large corporations are running out the family farm. The information presented was very compelling. It makes the viewer stop and think about what is really going on with our food. This being said, a major downside to this film is it did not present a solution to the problem until the last ten minutes of the movie. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Filmmaker Deborah Koons Garcia examines agribusiness' aggressive push for genetically modified food.
Director
Deborah Koons
Producer
Catherine Lynn Butler, Deborah Koons
Screenwriter
Deborah Koons
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 30, 2004, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 30, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$81.3K
Runtime
1h 31m