I was eventually able to ignore the long scenes of Robin on her iMac browsing Google for all the world's truth and pay attention to her interviewees.
I expected this documentary to have me grousing about hippies and giving up on it, but after the first third, it got better and had some interviewees who made really persuasive points, such as Monsanto's smear campaign against critical scientists, the contamination of non-GM crops in Mexico, and the socio-economic consequences of Monsanto's control of seed supplies and multinational agribusiness in general. I was interested in the science, but the documentary didn't cover the science nearly as well as it covered the suppression of scientific criticism and information by Monsanto (and its lawyers) and the FDA/US government -- not in a conspiratorial way, but with traditional political and economic motivations devoid of concern for consequences or democracy.
If nothing else, it's worth noting that many of the people -- from scientists to farmers -- didn't distinguish between Monsanto and "the Americans", so we're being held responsible for whatever it is Monsanto is up to.
Needed more concise arguments and less Google.
I expected this documentary to have me grousing about hippies and giving up on it, but after the first third, it got better and had some interviewees who made really persuasive points, such as Monsanto's smear campaign against critical scientists, the contamination of non-GM crops in Mexico, and the socio-economic consequences of Monsanto's control of seed supplies and multinational agribusiness in general. I was interested in the science, but the documentary didn't cover the science nearly as well as it covered the suppression of scientific criticism and information by Monsanto (and its lawyers) and the FDA/US government -- not in a conspiratorial way, but with traditional political and economic motivations devoid of concern for consequences or democracy.
If nothing else, it's worth noting that many of the people -- from scientists to farmers -- didn't distinguish between Monsanto and "the Americans", so we're being held responsible for whatever it is Monsanto is up to.
Needed more concise arguments and less Google.