Animal Rights
Animal rights today
In South Africa
Today, many South Africans have become part of the drive among growing groups of people worldwide who believe that animals should have certain rights and indeed do have those rights. At the very basic level, they believe that animals have a right to the so-called 'Five Freedoms', namely freedom from hunger and thirst, freedom from discomfort, freedom from pain, injury and disease, the freedom to behave normally, and freedom from fear and distress. Unfortunately almost all these freedoms are abused in the modern factory-farming system and in fact in most food and agricultural systems.
Many go even further, however, and claim that animals have the same rights as human animals, namely the right to life. speak! identifies itself with this belief, and it is for this reason that we advocate a vegan lifestyle of non-violence and kindness towards all other species.
EARTHLINGS Trailer - Joaquin Phoenix - Be the Peace - Be a Plant-Based Being!
Narrated by Academy Award Nominee Joaquin Phoenix and featuring music by the critically acclaimed platinum artist Moby, EARTHLINGS is a documentary film about humankind's complete economic dependence on animals raised for pets, food, clothing, entertainment and scientific research. Using hidden cameras and never-before-seen footage, EARTHLINGS chronicles the day-to-day practices of the largest industries in the world, all of which rely entirely on animals for profit.
COWSPIRACY - The trailer
The Sustainability Secret (http://cowspiracy.com) is a groundbreaking feature-length environmental documentary following an intrepid filmmaker as he uncovers the most destructive industry facing the planet today, and investigates why the world's leading environmental organizations are too afraid to talk about it.​
Forks Over Knives - The Trailer
What has happened to us? Despite the most FORKS OVER KNIVES examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the so-called "diseases of affluence" that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting our present menu of animal-based and processed foods. The major storyline in the film traces the personal journeys of a pair of pioneering yet under-appreciated researchers, Dr. T. Colin Campbell and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn.
The Most Powerful 10 Minutes Narrated by Joaquin Phoenix You Will Ever See​
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"Of all the films I have ever made, this is the one that get people talking the most" - Joaquin Phoenix
