Our new favorite feature film is now called Okja.
Okja is a feature film produced by Netflix that has also been released in cinemas in many countries around the world since May. The final version of Okja contains a brutal slaughterhouse scene that would probably never have been filmed like this in the hands of another production company. Without them, however, Okja would only be funny instead of upsetting, because filmmaker Bong Joon Ho patiently and with total poignancy shows the cruel nature of the mass production of animals. The film is not polemical, but that is precisely why Okja has a lasting effect, forcing everyone to reconsider where food comes from and what mechanisms advertising and PR use to cover up the truth.
You can watch Okja on netflix.com
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