The fashion industry has normalized cruelty on a massive scale. Animals should be seen as living beings, but the fashion industry reduces them to things like handbags, sweaters, and coats.
SOPHIE HIRSH: The new documentary SLAY aims to wake viewers up to the unethical ways the leather, fur, and wool industries treat animals, workers, and the environment. The doc is a must-watch for anyone who still buys animal-based fashion products — even though it is “the film fashion brands don’t want you to see,” according to the filmmakers… The fashion industry reportedly kills at least 2.5 billion animals every year…
‘SLAY’ will expose greenwashing and animal cruelty in the fashion industry. For the past three years, investigative filmmaker Rebecca Cappelli and her team have been investigating — and filming inside of — various fur and wool farms, leather tanneries, and skin processors in Australia, Brazil, China, France, India, Italy, and the U.S…
Cappelli, who serves as director and producer for SLAY, explains… that most people view the fashion industry’s central issues as environmental impact and workers’ rights, leaving the animals in the shadows. “One of my main inspirations for doing this film is the animals, who are completely left out of this conversation,” Cappelli says in the video…
SLAY showcases the investigative footage Cappelli took, along with comments from experts in the sustainable fashion industry and animal rights activists. The movie keeps the plight of the animals used for fashion at the center of the story…
“If someone had told me even half of what I have discovered doing this film, I wouldn’t have believed it,” she continues. “The fashion industry has been keeping the animals out of people’s minds for too long. Together we can change that,” she added in a statement…
According to one talking head who appears in SLAY… the fashion industry “has normalized cruelty on a massive scale.” Animals should be seen as living beings — but when the fashion industry reduces animals to things like handbags, sweaters, and coats, they are literally being objectified…
Keegan Kuhn, known for directing documentaries including The End of Medicine, Cowspiracy, and What the Health, produced the film along with Cappelli… SLAY has not yet been released — and according to Cappelli, the documentary is “too controversial for the mainstream media.” However, a number of other documentaries exposing animal cruelty have made it onto platforms like Netflix. SOURCE…
RELATED VIDEOS: