Tuesday 2 February at 6.30pm
UK, Poland and USA, 2009
Producer/director:
Tracy Worcester
Associate producer:
Alastair Kenneil
Language: English
Duration: 73’34
Pig Business charts the four-year investigation by actress and eco-campaigner Tracy Worcester into the industrialisation of pig farming.
The film begins in the UK, where she discovers how supermarket labels are an unreliable guide to how and where pork has been produced.
She takes us on a journey to the USA, Brazil and Poland and visits the offices of corporate leaders, European bureaucrats and banks. She finds policies that support a farming system of poor quality, damaging to the environment and which pushes traditional farmers out of business.
This film will change the way we think about food and farming.
Q&A
After the film, producer Tracy Worcester and associate producer Alastair Kenneil discussed how to avoid libel and lawsuits when conducting investigations.
Watch the trailer
further information
An Observer interview with Tracy Worcester
Find out more about Film Week 2010
The cij would like to thank the Lorana Sullivan Foundation for supporting the event.