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Food Beware: The French Organic Revolution

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The mayor of a French mountain village declares that the school system will serve only organic food to children.

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Mike Hale New York Times Oct 16, 2009
3/5
Takes a pragmatic, health-based approach, buttressed by frightening statistics about cancer rates among children, that(TM)s a refreshing change from the moral and high-cultural preening that sometimes enter this debate in America. Go to Full Review
Kyle Smith New York Post Oct 16, 2009
0.5/4
You may or may not be a scared person going into this movie, but nothing in it is going to change your mind. Go to Full Review
Bob Mondello NPR Oct 15, 2009
7.5/10
Rather than just putting you off your feed, this food documentary aims to point up a success story %u2014 a small French town called Barjac that went organic and thrived. Go to Full Review
Sarah Sluis Film Journal International Aug 15, 2011
Documentary about a movement to bring organic food to French schoolchildren is best when it observes, not lectures. Go to Full Review
Ross Anthony Hollywood Report Card Oct 29, 2009
1.5/4
Uneven documentary brings to the surface important points about the quality of our food products. All of us (this non-organic, cola-drinker included) should be apprised. Go to Full Review
Steve Ramos Boxoffice Magazine Oct 16, 2009
2/5
[Audiences] will take issue with the film's overwhelming number of talking heads, constant barrage of stats and director Jean-Paul Jaud's inability to craft a human story out of a very timely health issue. Go to Full Review
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Oct 20, 2013 It had a lot more substance than the other food documentaries I've seen. Albeit, thats a bar set pretty low. There's a lot of claims made and specifics, but I wish sources would've been cited. I liked that it talked about, and showed, solutions and spent a good amount of time on them. I think its worth watching. See more Mar 15, 2013 makes you see how others live and what they have to deal with. some people don't even have the chance to be healthy! See more Apr 4, 2012 An adorable documentary, but the statistics are totally whack! Where did these come from? Additionally, the editing makes it feel like an old-style PSA. I really like the french-ness of it though See more Mar 19, 2011 Increible, la informacion y todo lo que nos muestra de este pueblo llamado Berjac es inmejorable, que envidia poder vivir en un sitio como ese. Las cifras de la Unesco espeluznantes y todo muy bien documentado. La alegria de los niños es algo que nunca tendra valor alguno y que nuestras practicas agricolas estan borrando. Hay que verlo, como sea! See more Mar 19, 2011 Increible, la informacion y todo lo que nos muestra de este pueblo llamado Berjac es inmejorable, que envidia poder vivir en un sitio como ese. Las cifras de la Unesco espeluznantes y todo muy bien documentado. La alegria de los ninios es algo que nunca tendra valor alguno y que nuestras practicas agricolas estan borrando. Hay que verlo, como sea! See more Sep 9, 2010 Un bon film sur les dangers de l'agriculture tradtionnelle, les effets sur la santé (cancer et autres), et les changements possible lorsque l'école devient bio. Traine parfois en longueur et aurait pu dispenser un message plus direct et plus bref, mais bon interessant pour l'essentiel. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis The mayor of a French mountain village declares that the school system will serve only organic food to children.
Director
Jean-Paul Jaud
Distributor
First Run
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
Canadian French
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 16, 2009, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 11, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$595
Runtime
1h 52m
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