The Dying Trade is the debut documentary film by animal rights activist and YouTuber Jack Hancock-Fairs. It explores the meat industry through the deeply personal lens of the filmmaker's relationship with his father, who is a slaughterhouse worker.

   The documentary has earned high praise and award nominations for its balanced take on a highly polarising topic. Instead of relying on typical "preachy" activist tropes, the film centres on understanding and bridging the gap between individuals holding completely different ethical views. (Source: Plant Based News).

   We chat about the focus of the film and how it represents the existence of slaughterhouses and the people who work in them, and consider this through an abolitionist lens.

The quote from "To Kill a Mockingbird"  by Nelle Harper Lee in which Atticus tells Scout: “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”   

   Links:

https://www.youtube.com/@HumaneHancock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qb-9Q0YhVA 

https://plantbasednews.org/culture/film/new-film-human-cost-meat-industry

   Music we played:

- The first song, is in the film: Imogen and the Knife - 'Red (is my colour)' https://open.spotify.com/album/1eSnR8nBIvmcz4Hn3AukWu

- The second song, is in the film: Aimee Mann - 'Save Me' https://open.spotify.com/album/6jbjx0LGKl11H6UtrgS2nV

- The final song, is not in the film but samples the quote used in the film: Circle of Dust - 'Dissolved' https://circleofdust.bandcamp.com/album/circle-of-dust-25th-anniversary-edition

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