Idaho International Film Festival
 

YOUR MOMMY KILLS ANIMALS

Curt Johnson
USA, 2007, 105 minutes, Documentary
Warning: this film contains disturbing material.
Viewer discretion is strongly advised.
www.myspace.com/yourmommykillsanimals
Your Mommy Kills Animals  

“Oscar-winning filmmaker Curt Johnson’s incredible indie documentary on America’s war on animal activism, activist’s wars on irresponsible industry, activist infighting and how the extreme actions of a Your Mommy Kills Animalssmall minority threaten to destroy the movement for everyone, is one of this year’s most important films. As a result of its remarkably even-handed approach, Your Mommy Kills Animals, w hich takes its title from the name of a pamphlet that PETA once distributed to children, has already proven to be a confrontational experience for people on either side of the debate.” – Mitch Davis

Johnson provides a fascinating look at animal-rights activism, and why it’s been branded "the number one domestic terrorist threat" by the FBI. Groups like Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty and the Animal Liberation Front have effectively directed Your Mommy Kills Animalsattention toward companies that test products on animals, often under cruelly abusive circumstances. Some of the video footage obtained by Activists is nearly unbearable. However, animal testing leads to life-saving medical breakthroughs for humans. The question is whether or not the lives and well-being of non-humans should be considered to be equal to our own? Animal-welfare activists merely advocate the humane treatment of animals everywhere, including Corporate research labs, while the Animal-rights folk are far more radical – and believe that humans and non-humans are absolutely equal.


Edwards Boise Downtown Stadium 9: Friday, September 28th at 2:15pm

The Flicks: Sunday, September 30th at 9:15pm