The video the title links to is narrated by Joaquin Phoenix, with music by Moby and it draws attention the stark realities of the ways of life we live alongside. Regardless of whether we look, regardless of whether we turn away - there are professions and people fulfilling them, that are beyond comprehension.
Our demands as consumers are usually blamed for these things - so as consumers, we need to know what it is we are responsible for. Blindly purchasing cannot be an option. We essentially pay others to commit atrosities on our behalf.
Earthlings is not easy to watch - but impossible to ignore.
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"OF ALL THE FILMS I HAVE EVER MADE, THIS IS THE ONETHAT GETS PEOPLE TALKING THE MOST. FOR EVERY ONE PERSON WHO SEES EARTHLINGS,THEY WILL TELL THREE." -Joaquin Phoenix, actor/narrator
"EARTHLINGS MAY BE THE MOST POWERFUL FILMEXPERIENCE I HAVE EVER KNOWN!"-Brent Emery, Senior VP, Maverick Films
"WATCHING EARTHLINGS IS THE GREATEST GIFTI HAVE EVER RECEIVED.
I CANNOT BELIEVE HOW IGNORANT I HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST."-Bryce Dallas Howard, actress
"IT IS A RARE EXPERIENCE TO BE CHANGED BY A FILM. EARTHLINGS HAS THAT POWER."-Persia White, actress/activist
"THE MOST POWERFUL MOVIE I HAVE EVER KNOWN."-Robert Cohen, NotMilk.com
"THE CITIZEN KANE OF DOCUMENTARY FILMS."-Linda Blair, actress/activist
"A REAL TESTAMENT TO THE QUALITY OF A FILM.EARTHLINGS IS AMAZING!"-Professor Cristina Gibson, UC Irvine
"ONE OF THE MOST PERSUASIVE MOTION PICTURES EVER MADE!"-Ron Lipshultz, director
Green Reel Film Festival
"VIEWERS WILL NEVER BE THE SAME."-Carly Harrill, 944 Magazine
Thursday, 12 February 2009
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As hard as it is - we have no right to turn away. WE cause this and just because we're not looking - doesn't stop it happening.
ReplyDeleteWe do not serve our fellow earthlings or ourselves by turning away from the ugliness we have created by our tolerance.
Tears are wasted and our pain in watching is but a pin prick to their intolerable suffering.