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The Factory Files are a curated library of everything the industry would prefer you never engaged with. Documentaries, investigations, books, films, and organisations on the front lines.


Dominion (2018)
Dominion uses drones, hidden and handheld cameras to expose the dark underbelly of modern animal agriculture, questioning the morality and validity of humankind's dominion over the animal kingdom. Where to Watch | Streaming | Download | Physical Imdb link Release date: 29 March 2018 Director: Chris Delforce Narrators: Joaquin Phoenix, Kat Von D, Sadie Sink, Sia, Rooney Mara Running time: 2h 5m Producer: Chris Delforce Music by: Asher Pope


Animal Liberation
The book that started everything. Australian philosopher Peter Singer made the case that species membership alone isn't a morally relevant criterion for how we treat a being, what matters is the capacity to suffer. He coined the term "speciesism" and applied rigorous utilitarian logic to factory farming, animal testing, and the contradictions embedded in how humans relate to other animals.


Earthlings (2005)
Using hidden cameras and never-before-seen footage, Earthlings chronicles the day-to-day practices of the largest industries in the world, all of which rely entirely on animals for profit. Imdb link Release date: 24 September 2005 Director: Shaun Monson Narrator: Joaquin Phoenix Producers: Shaun Monson, Persia White, Nicole Visram, Maggie Q Running time: 1h 35m Music: Moby; Libra Max; Brian Carter; Natalie Merchant; Gabriel Mounsey; Barry Wood


Animal Liberation Now
By Peter Singer • 2023 Singer's own update to his foundational text, fifty odd years later. Same core arguments, but with revised statistics, contemporary examples, new scientific evidence on animal cognition and sentience, and engagement with criticisms that emerged over the decades. It also grapples with issues the 1975 edition couldn't anticipate - industrial aquaculture, the global explosion of factory farming in Asia and South America, and - the sliver lining on the mush


Okja (2017)
A young girl risks everything to prevent a powerful, multinational company from kidnapping her best friend - a fascinating beast named Okja. Imdb link Release date: 28 June 2017 Director: Bong Joon Ho Screenplay: Bong Joon Ho, Jon Ronson Running time: 2 hours Trivia Okja's design was based on the face of a manatee and the body of a hippopotamus. The hippopotamus-like design was specifically chosen as a reference to the infamous 1910 "Hippo Bill," which proposed the idea of Am


Humane World for Animals
International (HQ: United States) · Founded 1954 Formerly Humane Society of the United States / Humane Society International https://www.humaneworld.org/en The institutional heavyweight of animal welfare, rebranded in 2023. Less radical than PETA , more embedded in legislative corridors and corporate boardrooms. They run animal sanctuaries (including Black Beauty Ranch), coordinate disaster response, and push policy at the federal level. They are the "suit-and-tie" wing of th


Cowspiracy (2014)
Follow the shocking, yet humorous, journey of an aspiring environmentalist, as he daringly seeks to find the real solution to the most pressing environmental issues and true path to sustainability. Imdb link Release date: 26 June 2014 Directors: Kip Andersen, Keegan Kuhn Producers: Kip Andersen, Keegan Kuhn Running time: 1h 31m


Rick and Morty (S7 E4) That's Amorte
Rick serves the family spaghetti, which Morty accidentally discovers came from a person's body. After a journey of twists, cognitive dissonance and turns, Rick has one last terminally ill person commit suicide on live TV. Imdb link Release date: November 5, 2023 Director: Lucas Gray Context The episode asks questions about animal rights and the ethics of eating meat by depicting food that comes from suffering.


The Omnivore's Dilemma
Michael Pollan • 2006 The book that made "where does your food come from?" a mainstream question. Pollan traces four meals from source to plate: industrial corn, industrial organic, pastoral, and foraged, and in doing so exposes the hidden systems behind the American food supply. He's critical of factory farming but stops well short of advocating vegetarianism, instead landing on "ethical meat" as a viable position. Why it matters Pollan is not an ally in the strict sense. He


Eating Animals
By Jonathan Safran Foer • 2009 A novelist turns his attention to the question he'd been avoiding: where does meat come from? Foer spent three years investigating factory farming, interviewing ranchers, activists, and slaughterhouse workers, and wrestling with his own ambivalence. The result is part memoir, part investigative journalism, part philosophical inquiry. Why it matters Foer wasn't a lifelong activist writing for the converted. He was a celebrated literary novelist w


PETA
International (HQ: United States) · Founded 1980 https://www.peta.org/ The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals are the most recognized (and most polarizing) animal rights organization in the world. Say what you will about their tactics, their undercover investigation archive is vast and spans decades. Footage across factory farming, fur farms, leather production, animal testing labs, circuses, and marine parks. They've been inside facilities most organizations can't a


Mercy For Animals
North America (US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil) · Founded 1999 https://mercyforanimals.org/ The organization that turned undercover investigations into a systematic corporate pressure machine. Their footage has triggered federal raids, criminal charges, and policy changes at major food companies. Known for methodical targeting: investigate, expose, negotiate, win concession, repeat. Key Investigations Hy-Line Hatchery (2009) - male chick culling footage that went viral globally Wa
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