Jack is a vegan activist. His father is a slaughterhouse worker. After years of avoiding the subject, Jack sets out to confront the unspoken tension between them. This intimate and contemplative documentary follows a son’s attempt to understand his father – and the industry that stands between them.
PLANT BASED NEWS: ‘The Dying Trade’, a new documentary film from Jack Hancock-Fairs, unpacks the “hidden human cost” of the meat processing industry on its workers… ‘The Dying Trade’ focuses on Hancock-Fairs himself, a filmmaker and vegan activist, and his father, a career slaughterhouse worker, as they discuss the negative impact of meat production on people and animals after “years of avoiding the subject.”
The ‘Dying Trade’ includes contributions from: Temple Grandin, an authority on humane livestock handling; Alex Hershaft, a Holocaust survivor and animal rights advocate; Gail Eisnitz, an undercover investigator and the author of 1997’s Slaughterhouse; “Tom,” an anonymous slaughterhouse worker; and Rachel Macnair, a psychologist who specialises in participation-induced traumatic stress (PITS)…
Hancock-Fairs is best known for his YouTube content, which he produces under the moniker Humane Hancock, and which has been viewed over three million times. ‘The Dying Trade’ is his filmmaking debut and is already nominated for several awards. LIAM PRITCHETT
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