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GMO OMG

How do GMOs affect our children, the health of our planet and our freedom of choice? Is it even possible to reject the food system currently in place or have we lost something we can’t gain back?

How do GMOs affect our children, the health of our planet and our freedom of choice? Is it even possible to reject the food system currently in place or have we lost something we can’t gain back?

Director and concerned father Jeremy Seifert goes in search of answers. From his family’s table to Haiti, Paris, Norway and the lobby of agra-giant Monsanto – from which he is unceremoniously ejected. Along the way he gains an insight into a question that is of growing concern to citizens the world over: what is really on your plate?

PRODUCTION INFO

  • Year: 2013
  • Duration: 55 & 81 mins
  • Production: Joshua Kunau
  • Director: Jeremy Seifert
  • Available Versions: ENG
  • Country of production: USA

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FESTIVALS & AWARDS

  • Best Film at Kuala Lumpur Eco Film Festival 2014 (Malaysia); Best Documentary Film Award at EMA "Environmental Media Association" Awards 2014 (USA); 2nd Jury Prize Awards at Cosmic Angel Awards (Germany); Best Documentary at Berkshire International Film Festival ; Audience Choice Award at Yale Environmental Film Festival (USA); Audience Choice Award at Green Film Festival in Argentina; Audience Award for Best Documentary, Lighthouse International Film Festival (USA); Berlinale (Germany) ; Millenium Doc Film Festival (Belgium) ; Environmental Film Festival Melbourne (Australia) ; Green Film Festival Seoul (South Korea) ; Crossroads Festival (Austria); Naturvision Film Festival (Germany); The Great Seed Festival (London); 2014 Gold Panda Awards (China); CineEscena (Spain); Ahvaz International Science Film Festival (Iran); Hory A Mesto Festival (Slovakia), Ecozine Festival (Spain); SunChild International Environmental Festival 2015 (Armenia)

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