Product Details

• Directors: Jenny Stein
• Producers: James LaVeck
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Tribe of Heart
• VHS Release Date: February 28, 2004
• Run Time: 77 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00024OND4
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #330,366 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Don't watch this before eating a hamburger, September 5, 2004

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Lleu Christopher "www.liminalworlds.com" (Hudson Valley, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Peaceable Kingdom [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Peaceable Kingdom is a powerful documentary exposing the cruelty of factory farming and suggesting a far more compassionate attitude towards the animal kingdom. This film is not for the faint of heart, for it shows graphic scenes of animals being treated with almost unbelievable disregard and cruelty. Yet it's a movie people should see, especially those who eat meat and dairy products that come from factory farms (the vast majority). As the film explains, factory farming is a system that has replaced the quaint vision of the idyllic family farm with something far more sinister. A factory farm is just what the name implies --a place that is run on the mass production model. Tragically, animals are the product and are treated as such. We see hundreds of cows standing in a penned area so overcrowded they can't move, birds getting their beaks chopped off by machines and animals so weak from malnutrition and lack of exercise that they cannot walk. This process is not only cruel, it is not healthy for humans; the animals on these farms are given large doses of antibiotics and hormones to keep them alive (if barely) and growing.

In addition to portraying the evils of factory farming, Peaceable Kingdom documents the efforts of farm sanctuary members who rescue and adopt animals that would otherwise have been slaughtered. Many of these animals, including cows, pigs and chickens, come to the farm injured and mistreated and are nursed back to health. Especially touching are interviews with people who grew up on farms, where animals were only considered food. One of these farmers explains how he and many others were forced to suppress any compassion they felt towards the animals. Also effective are scenes where people bond with these farm animals, who are clearly intelligent beings just as affectionate as dogs or cats.

Peaceable Kingdom is both depressing and uplifting. It shows that the animal rights movement is facing an uphill battle, but that it is gaining momentum all the same. People who want to contribute to this cause should consider adopting an animal from one of these sanctuaries. You might also consider giving up animal products, or at least obtaining them from places (such as smaller organic farms) where animals are well treated.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a phenomenal film, May 9, 2004

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Nathan Nobis "NathanNobis.com" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Peaceable Kingdom [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The famed Jane Goodall, Ph.D, D.B.E, U.N. Messenger of Peace, has said "PEACEABLE KINGDOM is a masterpiece. I hope it inspires growing numbers of people to support this desperately important cause." This film is phenomenal: get a copy and show it to as many people as you can. An online preview is available here: http://tribeofheart.org. Make sure you see their previous film "The Witness" (available through Amazon) also.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Everybody MUST see this film, May 13, 2004

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Breelyn MacDonald (Fort Lauderdale, FL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Peaceable Kingdom [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is an extremely powerful and moving documentary. It opens the viewer's eyes to the horrifying truth about what is going on with the meat industry and how much information is hidden from the public. It is so important for people to see this film and share it with their family members, friends etc. Please watch this movie. It is very effective for an awareness that is desperately needed.