Raymond Blanc attends the premiere of Food Inc: the Movie
11 February 2010:
On Tuesday 09 February, Raymond Blanc attended the premiere of the new film Food Inc, as a guest of Stella McCartney and the Soil Association.
In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, herbicide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won't go bad, but we also have new strains of E. coli—the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults.
Featuring interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto) along with forward thinking social entrepreneurs like Stonyfield's Gary Hirshberg and Polyface Farms' Joel Salatin, Food, Inc. reveals surprising—and often shocking truths—about what we eat, how it's produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here.
For more information about the film, and to watch a clip, visit the official Food Inc the Movie website by clicking here.
The following is a list of the dates and locations of forthcoming screenings, with links for booking tickets:
Friday 12 February
Dundee - Dundee Contemporary Arts
Edinburgh - Filmhouse
Inverness - Eden Court
Liverpool - Picturehouse at FACT
London - Brixton Ritzy Picturehouse
London - Curzon Soho
London - Odeon Panton Street
Saturday 13 February
Dundee - Dundee Contemporary Arts
Edinburgh - Filmhouse
Inverness - Eden Court
Liverpool - Picturehouse at FACT
London - Brixton Ritzy Picturehouse
London - Odeon Panton Street
Sunday 14 February
Dundee - Dundee Contemporary Arts
Edinburgh - Filmhouse
Inverness - Eden Court
Liverpool - Picturehouse at FACT
London - Brixton Ritzy Picturehouse
London - Odeon Panton Street
Monday 15 February
Aberdeen - Belmont Picturehouse
Bath - Little Theatre Cinema
Birmingham - Vue
Bristol - Vue Longwell Green
Camberley - Vue
Cambridge - Arts Picturehouse
Cambridge - Vue
Cheshire - Vue Cheshire Oaks
Dublin - Vue
Dundee - Dundee Contemporary Arts
Edinburgh - Filmhouse
Edinburgh - Vue Omni
Exeter - Picturehouse
Inverness - Eden Court
Inverness - Vue
Leeds - Vue Leeds Light
Liverpool - Picturehouse at FACT
London - Brixton Ritzy Picturehouse
London - Clapham Picturehouse
London - Everyman Hampstead
London - Greenwich Picturehouse
London - Lexi Cinema
London - Odeon Panton Street
London - Vue Acton
London - Vue Finchley Road
London - Vue Fulham
London - Vue Harrow
London - Vue Islington
London - Vue Westfield
Norwich - Vue
Oxford - Vue
Plymouth - Vue
Reading - Vue
Stamford - Stamford Arts Centre
York - Vue
Tuesday 16 February
Dundee - Dundee Contemporary Arts
Edinburgh - Filmhouse
Glasgow - Glasgow Film Theatre
Inverness - Eden Court
Liverpool - Picturehouse at FACT
London - Brixton Ritzy Picturehouse
London - Odeon Panton Street
Wednesday 17 February
Coventry - Warwick Arts Centre
Dundee - Dundee Contemporary Arts
Edinburgh - Filmhouse
Glasgow - Glasgow Film Theatre
Inverness - Eden Court
Liverpool - Picturehouse at FACT
London - Brixton Ritzy Picturehouse
London - Odeon Panton Street
Thursday 18 February
Coventry - Warwick Arts Centre
Dundee - Dundee Contemporary Arts
Edinburgh - Filmhouse
Glasgow - Glasgow Film Theatre
Inverness - Eden Court
Liverpool - Picturehouse at FACT
London - Brixton Ritzy Picturehouse
London - Odeon Panton Street
Friday 19 February
Bristol - Watershed
Cardiff - Chapter Cinema
Saturday 20 February
Bristol - Watershed
Cardiff - Chapter Cinema
Sunday 21 February
Bristol - Watershed
Cardiff - Chapter Cinema
Monday 22 February
Bristol - Watershed
Cardiff - Chapter Cinema
Lancaster - Dukes Theatre
Tuesday 23 February
Bristol - Watershed
London - Odeon Streatham
York - City Screen Picturehouse
Wednesday 24 February
Bristol - Watershed
Thursday 25 February
Bristol - Watershed
Friday 26 February
Belfast - Queen's Film Cinema
Saturday 27 February
Belfast - Queen's Film Cinema
Sunday 28 February
Belfast - Queen's Film Cinema
Monday 1 March
Belfast - Queen's Film Cinema
Tuesday 2 March
Belfast - Queen's Film Cinema
Wells - Wells Film Centre
Wednesday 3 March
Belfast - Queen's Film Cinema
Wells - Wells Film Centre
Thursday 4 March
Belfast - Queen's Film Cinema
Friday 5 March
Manchester - Cornerhouse
Saturday 6 March
Manchester - Cornerhouse
Sunday 7 March
Manchester - Cornerhouse
Tewkesbury - The Roses Theatre
Monday 8 March
Manchester - Cornerhouse
Tuesday 9 March
Manchester - Cornerhouse
Wednesday 10 March
Manchester - Cornerhouse
Thursday 11 March
Canterbury – Gulbenkian Cinema
Manchester - Cornerhouse
Torrington - The Plough Arts Centre
Friday 12 March
Powys - Wyeside Arts Centre
Saturday 13 March
Powys - Wyeside Arts Centre
Sunday 14 March
Powys - Wyeside Arts Centre
Monday 15 March
Powys - Wyeside Arts Centre
Tuesday 16 March
Powys - Wyeside Arts Centre
Wednesday 17 March
Powys - Wyeside Arts Centre
Thursday 18 March
Ludlow – Ludlow Assembly Rooms
Powys - Wyeside Arts Centre
Monday 22 March
Aberystwyth - Aberystwyth Arts Centre
Tuesday 23 March
Aberystwyth - Aberystwyth Arts Centre
Taunton - The Brewhouse Theatre and Arts Centre
Wednesday 24 March
Aberystwyth - Aberystwyth Arts Centre
Monday 29 March
Derby - Quad Cinema
Norwich - Cinema City
Tuesday 30 March
Derby – Quad Cinema
Thursday 1 April
Derby – Quad Cinema
Sunday 4 April
Brighton – Duke of York's Picturehouse
Tuesday 6 April
London – Riverside Studios
Wednesday 21 April
Dartington – The Barn
Thursday 22 April
Dartington – The Barn
Saturday 5 June
Hay-on-Wye - The Guardian Hay Festival
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