The controversial, Oscar-nominated full-length documentary "Food Inc" directed by Robert Keener will air as part of the award-wining "POV" series on most national PBS stations Wednesday night at 9 p.m.
The film has been criticized for its subjectivity regarding industrial farming, and it features shocking footage from places like a Smithfield pork-processing plant in North Carolina and a chicken farm in Tennessee where the chickens are so overfeed with anti-biotics that they can't even stand up.
In a statement on the web site for "POV," Keener said he simply wanted to make a documentary about how food gets to the dinner table. He added that the stonewalling from the food industry caused his film to move in a different direction than it was originally intended:
"I became intrigued by why the industry would not speak to me about something as seemingly innocuous as food," Keener said.
There has been speculation that Keener and the film's producers are vegetarians, but according to the Internet Movie Database that is not the case.
In North Carolina, the film will air on UNC-TV at 9 p.m. It will be followed by a discussion from local farmers at 10:35 p.m.
The 2009 film was shown in theatres last year, including the Galaxy Cinema in Cary, NC, outside Raleigh and the Carousel Luxury Cinemas in Greensboro.
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