Dominion

The most important film today. Gandhi once said that "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." These words should be set in stone, but given the reality and the clear facts that we don't want to hear about (lest each of us perhaps sully our rosy microcosm), it’s clear that our "superior human race" has nothing to be proud of at all; let everyone make up their own minds. The worst thing is that there’s still a huge force of idiots in the world who do not hesitate to label films like this as “green propaganda”. It’s very, very sad, really. For those interested, the film is available for download at uloz.to. (14.05.2019)

I never want to see this again! Probably the most brutal documentary I've ever seen. And even though I knew about a lot of those things in advance, and I think that I have treated animals with respect all my life, this documentary literally destroyed me with some shots. It hit me so hard that even I, who’s normally able to take just about anything, had to look away. The author is probably a total lunatic, because to put together so many furtively taken shots and release them in as a single film takes either a lot of guts or a lot of pills. The film is located mainly in Australia, where the author comes from. Over time, the documentary moves around the world, because the “tradition” of killing animals for the benefit of humans exists everywhere, including unfortunately the Czech Republic with its Christmas markets full of carp. The author at least didn’t mention those, so I breathed out a sigh of relief of being spared in this respect. However, I have no illusions and it is clear to me that places such as breeding facilities or illegal slaughterhouses could be found in my country as well, as it makes TV news from time to time. On the other hand, the author sometimes goes too far, for example in the case of zoos, where I have some objections. But this documentary still works well as an awareness-raising tool making us realize where our meat comes from. You do not necessarily have to become a vegetarian, you just need to accept every piece meat on your plate with absolute humility. It used to be that way, so why should we take it for granted in today’s consumer world? Thanks Lima for the tip! (16.10.2019)