Food for Profit, an award-winning film exposing corruption in the European food industry, will be shown at Brixton’s Ritzy cinema on Thursday 7 November.
The documentary exposes links between “agrifood” and politics, highlighting violations of European Union regulations on animal welfare, exploitation of migrant workers, water pollution, biodiversity loss, antibiotic resistance, and the risk of future pandemics.
Food for Profit was in the top 10 most seen movies for several weeks in Italian cinemas, and is now being distributed across more European countries.
Directed by Pablo D’Ambrosi and investigative journalist Giulia Innocenzi, it is the first feature documentary to expose the links between the meat industry, lobbying and the corridors of power, say the producers.
It denounces the transfer of hundreds of billions of taxpayers’ money to the owners of intensive farms.
Innocenzi and D’Ambrosi journey across Europe, confronting farmers, corporations and politicians, and exposing the facts behind the European meat and dairy industry.
Two members of the European Parliament stood down after public outrage following the film, and four legal warrants were issued to try to stop the film from being screened. The Italian minister for agriculture, Francesco Lollobrigida, said it “criminalises” farmers.
The screening will feature a live Q&A after the film, with director Pablo D’Ambrosi and guests including Robbie Lockie, CEO and founder of the Freedom Food Alliance and Co-founder of Plant Based News, and Ben Newman from Animal Rising.
The 90-minute film starts at 8pm in Green Screen, a community-led space to discuss the environmental issues raised in the films the Ritzy shows show.
“Food for Profit was a five-year investigation designed to uncover the extreme levels of corruption across the European animal agriculture industry, and the effects this has on human health, the climate, and the animals themselves,” says Giulia Innocenzi.
“What we found was truly shocking. The film is the first of its kind to reveal the true extent of corruption, not only within the farming industry, but also from EU politicians – and the scandal that costs European taxpayers hundreds of billions each year.”
Tickets £10.
