Environmental Film Focus Series – FOOD INC 2 – Oct 27th

7th Annual Environmental Film Focus Series

FOOD INC 2 directed by Robert Kenner and Melissa Robledo.  The groundbreaking Oscar®-nominated documentary FOOD INC., which was screened at BIFF in 2008, ignited a cultural conversation about the multinational corporations that control our food system at enormous cost to our planet, workforce and health.

In the well-timed sequel, FOOD INC. 2, comes “back for seconds” to reveal how corporate consolidation has gone unchecked by our government, leaving us with a highly efficient yet shockingly vulnerable food system dedicated only towards increasing profits. The film stars Michael Pollan, Senator Cory Booker, Senator John Tester and Eric Schlosser.

A panel discussion with Maryann Tebben and Dan Carr of Berkshire Agricultural Ventures and BIFF programmer, Lillian Lennox, will follow the screening.

“FOOD INC. forever changed the way people think about what they eat. Fifteen years later FOOD INC. 2 is just as urgent and essential.” – Alice Waters

 Tickets are FREE to REEL Friends of BIFF and $15 to the general public.

BIFF Environmental Film Focus

BIFF has a long history of presenting high-quality environmental documentaries. With the impacts of the climate crisis starting to be acutely felt in the Berkshires, artistic director Kelley Vickey and program consultant Lillian began to explore the possibility of making the Environmental Film Focus a permanent ongoing feature within BIFF’s year-round programming.

The Environmental Film Focus allows people to come together in the community and engage with environmentally-based stories, strategies, and actions. Our objective? To build a more deeply resourced, connected, and resilient community capable of responding to the many dimensions of the deepening environmental emergency with creativity and competence.

Thanks to the Berkshire-based Roaring Brook Family Foundation for its support of the Environmental Film Focus Series.