This Friday, November 1, theaters across the country will debut Free Birds,” a 3-D computer-animated kids film with voice talent from actors like Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson and Amy Poehler. “Free Birds” is not the first kid’s movie depicting animals fighting against their imminent death at the hands of humans. Take “Chicken Run,” a 2000 movie that depicted chickens rebelling against repression and their eventual certain death on a chicken farm. And the 2006 film version of Charlotte’s Web, based on the classic book, focuses on Wilbur the pig’s plan to escape his imminent place on the dinner table at the end of the season. We can also look to older classic movies like 101 Dalmatians (1996), in which the main characters fight to make sure Dalmatian puppies aren’t used for one evil woman’s fur coat. These movies, among others directed toward children with basic animal rights messages intact, are a helpful way to put animal rights on children’s maps. onegreenplanet.org/news/how-movies-like-free-birds-could-shape-a-new-generation-of-plant-based-eaters/
Posted on: Fri, 01 Nov 2013 21:53:12 +0000
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