On Thursday, there’s a free preview screening of Fast Food Nation at 9:30am.
Sponsored by the nutrition faculty of Hunter College and the New York Coalition for Healthy School Lunches, the screening will be preceded by breakfast and followed by a Q&A with Eric Schlosser, a snack break (featuring chocolate and vanilla soy shakes from Candle Café, veggie burgers and chili from Better Burger and Josie’s, and pizza from Slice), and a press conference with Schlosser, Marion Nestle, and Michele Simon.
The screening is at Hunter College Brookdale Auditorium, 425 E. 25th St., 212-481-4469. To reserve a seat, call 914-630-0199 or
e-mail Kelley@healthylunches.org.
If you can’t make it on Thursday, the film officially opens Friday. In the meantime, check out Backwards Hamburger and The Meatrix 2.5, and play the Fast Food Nation Game.
5 Comments
moyesii
on #This was a fabulous event! Great film, great turnout, and so many great people there. I even bumped into people from my workplace who are semi-vegetarian! Plus there was a surprise appearance by Richard Linklater, who joined the Q&A session and panel discussion! Kudos to the wonderful organizers of this event!
Beatyourheartout
on #Too bad there is alot of terrible language in this movie. Or so I have read on commmon sense media. I don’t need to go to see a movie where I will be offended, and I REALLY was interested in this movie. Oh well.
frank language
on #Terrible language? You mean Spanish?
The movie was almost half in Spanish with subtitles, which allowed the Mexican characters to speak their own language; this way, the film will also have broader appeal.
I don’t know; I didn’t find the language of the film offensive–besides that, I thought it was great that so many “names” would lend support to this project. Other than that, I didn’t think it went far enough to encourage a plant-based diet, but I didn’t find the language of the movie to be a problem.
Beatyourheartout
on #Thank you for replying to my comment. Umm I have’nt seen the movie. I usually check http://www.commonsensemedia.org, which says the language is’nt great. I am kinda sensitive, and I don’t like to hear people calling people genitals as a insult, because it’s like cursing your body, it’s a seed planted from a very anti sexual and speciest,homophobic,and sexist culture. I know the idea of this movie is a very smart one, I just feel offended when I hear those things.
Thanks again for your reply. :)
Hannah
on #In the end of the film they actually show a cow being slaughtered, start to finish. I’ve seen this a lot of times, but it was so weird seeing it well-lit and from decent angles – obviously undercover PETA videos aren’t the same.