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Canada · 2013
1h 33m
Director Liz Marshall
Starring Jo-Anne McArthur, Marcel Sabat, Lori Reese, Perrie Wardell
Genre Documentary
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Photojournalist and activist Jo-Anne MacArthur travels North America and Europe to capture the plight of various exploited animals. In this documentary she visits fur farms and slaughter facilities, hoping to expose the mistreatment of animals and advocate for their rights as sentient beings.
Marshall's film does not only aim to document animal rights activism but also to propagate it, and in that it is less successful. This is a film overflowing with passion and compassion but often lacking the intellectual detachment necessary to distill conviction into a rigorous argument.
Los Angeles Times by Betsy Sharkey
The Ghosts in Our Machine, a heartfelt meditation on animal rights, comes at you as a whisper. It depends on the persuasive powers of creatures great and small — in their natural habitat or in cages — to argue that we stop using them for food, clothing, research and entertainment.
The New York Times by David DeWitt
The Ghosts in Our Machine is a compelling movie, but its argument expands without deepening.
A film whose sense of urgency and purpose is utterly engrossing.
The Hollywood Reporter by John DeFore
Liz Marshall's Ghosts in Our Machine trades didacticism for first-person atmospherics.
This off-putting pic requires open minds and iron nerves.
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