Peaceable Kingdom | |
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Directed by | Jenny Stein |
Produced by | James LaVeck |
Starring | Lorri Bauston, Gene Bauston, Harold Brown, Howard Lyman, Jim Mason, Jessi Seif, Peaches Gillete, Jerry Cook |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Peaceable Kingdom, produced in 2004 by Tribe of Heart, [1] [2] is a documentary about several farmers who refuse to kill animals and how they convert to veganism as a way of life.
A newer version of the film premiered in 2009 called Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home which featured different people. On the Tribe of Heart website for the 2009 film, there is no apparent mention of the 2004 movie. [3]
The 2004 film tells the story of how the farmers create an animal sanctuary farm called " Farm Sanctuary" where they rescue injured animals, half dead, abandoned, and rejected by the farm industry for not being productive. [4] A few examples are a cow with mastitis or newborn chicks unfit for production.
It has won awards such as the Festival Theme Award of the Ojai Film Festival in 2004, [5] with music by Moby. Images of exploitations are shown during the film. According to the primatologist Jane Goodall, "Peaceable Kingdom is a piece of art". [6]
The documentary's producers, James LaVeck and Jenny Stein, have created a website called HumaneMyth.org that explores whether animals can be used humanely for food, advocating that it is generally not possible to do so. [7]