Page 46 - Wellness Magazine April 2018
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       THE LAST PIG is a lyrical meditation                     that offers an entirely new view of
       on what it means to be a sentient                        small-scale livestock farming, and
       creature with the power to kill.                         raises crucial questions about the
       Deeply immersive, the film is a                          ethics of eating.
       contemplation on life, death and
       personal ethics as it follows a pig                      The Filmmakers
       farmer grappling with his conscience.                    Allison Argo is a

       Through sparse, intimate musings,                        six-time Emmy-
       the farmer reveals the growing                           winning filmmaker
       conflict of a life spent “peddling in                    and noted animal
       death” - one he can no longer live                       advocate. Her
       with. The pace of the film is                            films, all broadcast
       unhurried, allowing the viewer to                        by PBS and
       experience and absorb life on the                        National

       farm, the herds of pigs – so clearly                     Geographic, have
       intelligent and trusting, the steel and                  won over 80 awards internationally
       concrete slaughterhouse, and the                         and have reached audiences
       ghosts.                                                  worldwide, inspiring change. For over
                                                                20 years, Argo has worked on the
       With bittersweet detail, against the
       stunning backdrop of upstate New                         frontline, fighting for the just

       York, THE LAST PIG is a documentary                      treatment of non- human beings. She
                                                                is known for her emotionally-charged

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