Natural History of the Chicken

[Guest guest]

Last night on KQED TV (channel 9), Isaiah and I watched a documentary

entitled " Natural History of the Chicken " . I don't know whether it will

be shown again, but I recommend it as it helps our understanding that

chickens are real individuals that are cruelly treated in factory farms.

 

This film is not a natural history film. Instead, it explores the

relationship between humans and chickens.

 

The following is a review from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0257954/

 

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Last night on PBS I watched " Natural History of the Chicken " , expecting

to see a rather dry scientific discourse on the evolution of the

chicken, and a history of how it achieved its current status in out

modern society. It was nothing like that!

 

It is entertaining, funny, smart, educational. At times I asked myself,

" Is this a Christopher Guest film, like 'Best in Show'? " There was the

fluffy white chicken kept as a pet, rides in a car, carried in a basket

through the supermarket. And with a diaper, no less! The chicken that

froze outside, then was revived through " mouth to beak resuscitation. "

The 100 fighting roosters that made so much noise the neighbors had to

get a court order to shut them down to 5 max! The miserable life of

laying chickens in pens. The " headless " chicken that wouldn't die. The

little, fluffy white chicken that protected her chicks when the hawk

dived down.

 

Very well done film, I hope to catch it again, as a documentary I rate

it " 8 " of 10, might even deserve a " 9 " . Marvelous!! :-)

 

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More reviews are available at:

http://www.amazon.com/review/product/B000051SHB/

 

If you want to buy a copy, it is available in VHS and DVD.

 

-- Mike