Apocalypse Cow
1 x 60’ | Arrow Pictures | Channel 4 | 2020
Self-shooting Director
Environmental campaigner George Monbiot searches for new ways to feed the planet.
George believes farming is the biggest threat to the living world. In this film he shows us why, Along the way he upsets farmers and vegans alike (especially when he shoots a deer to prove his point). But ultimately the film’s message is one of hope, as George lays out an extraordinary vision for a greener future.
“Vegetarians should be warned that any feelings of smugness or superiority will quickly dissipate on watching George Monbiot’s radical take-down of food farming”, 5 stars, The Financial Times.
Selected for the International Festival of Science Documentary Films, Academia Film Olomou.
Exploring re-wilded farmland in The Netherlands
Animation & graphics by the brilliant Dinnick & Howells
Livestock farming is responsible for huge areas of rainforests being destroyed
Before sheep were introduced to the Lake District, this landscape was covered in trees
