There is a major difference between Fresh and Food Inc. Food Inc is much more serious and in your face while Fresh takes a hopefully approach. Both movies show a need for change, but Fresh does it in a hopeful tone telling the viewer that we can still make the change for the better, while Food Inc explains that we need to make the change if we want to avoid tremendous damage. The movie Fresh has a long build up, while Food Inc is quick to jump into the interviews. Food Inc focused heavy on how negatively this industrialization is affecting us. In comparison, Fresh emphasized how it could be better if we went organic. Additionally, the imagery in Food Inc was much more provocative and it was not afraid to show the darkest effects of the business.
For example, One of the more impacting images involved how Food Inc showed the human fatalities due to the food process we currently have in place. It presented the case of Barbara Kowalcyk who became a food safety advocate after losing her 2 and a half year old son. Her son died after two weeks from E coli after eating a bad hamburger. Her story was not only powerful but the details she gave on her son's passing were truly stirring. Barbara's case is just one of many people that are directly affected by our current system, and it is important that she was not afraid to speak up.
Food Inc used was not afraid to use fear as a way of presenting its information. The more disturbing fact is that none of the stories the documentary showed were untrue. People are dying, losing their farms, and humanity all because of the current system. If fresh was not able to show people the underlying problem, then Food Inc is sure to bring it to the surface.
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