These Must-Watch Documentaries Will Inspire You and Your Friends to Go Vegan
When you go vegan, it’s great to share your new, kinder way of living with family and friends. Many people are completely unaware of the impact their food choices have on animals, the environment, and their own health – but you can help open their eyes. An easy way to do that is by inviting them to watch one of the following documentaries with you.
Eating Our Way to Extinction
Narrated by Kate Winslet – and with a Hindi version narrated by Smt Maneka Gandhi – this hard-hitting documentary about the effect of meat and dairy production on the planet is a must-watch to save ourselves from a place of no return. It is available for streaming on YouTube.
Dominion
Created by Australian director Chris Delforce, this powerful feature-length film shows footage from farms and slaughterhouses across Australia, crushing the myth that what happens to animals used for food, clothing, or entertainment can ever be “humane”. You can stream this documentary for free online.
Cowspiracy
This film offers a comprehensive look at the effects of food production on greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation, water consumption, species extinction, ocean dead zones, and pollution – and it’s available to stream on Netflix.
Seaspiracy
This is an eye-opening Netflix original documentary from the producer of the groundbreaking film Cowspiracy. Seaspiracy “illuminates alarming – and not widely known – truths about the widespread environmental destruction to our oceans caused by human behavior”. It examines the global fishing industry by “challenging notions of sustainable fishing and showing how humans cause widespread environmental destruction”.
Earthlings
Many vegans consider Earthlings to be essential viewing for all meat-eaters. The powerful documentary takes an in-depth look at the way we treat other animals, showing viewers why we’ve got to be more compassionate towards all sentient beings.
What the Health
Promoted as “the health film that health organisations don’t want you to see”, What the Health exposes the consequences of eating meat, eggs, and dairy and makes you wonder, why isn’t this common knowledge? We hope it will be soon, especially since the documentary is available on Netflix.
Forks Over Knives
This documentary examines the profound claim that most – if not all – of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled or even reversed by rejecting animal-based and processed foods.
Fast Food Nation
This film was inspired by the book of the same name, which examines the fast-food industry. It covers everything from cruelty to animals to the treatment of employees.
Gods in Shackles
This film is not food-related – it’s about the shocking cruelty endured by elephants used in processions and temples in Kerala.
Blackfish
This one isn’t about food, either. It’s an excellent film for raising awareness of the plight of animals among people you’re encouraging to go vegan. It’s about Tilikum, a now-deceased orca who was held at the notorious US-based marine abusement park SeaWorld. This powerful documentary resulted in a tremendous backlash against the park, once one of America’s more celebrated attractions.
Okja
This Netflix original movie directed by Bong Joon-ho (also known for Snowpiercer and Parasite) stars Ahn Seo-hyun, Tilda Swinton, Paul Dano, and Jake Gyllenhaal. It is fiction, but it has helped many people consider the plight of real animals and led them to go vegan. It follows Mija, a young girl who fights to save her best friend – a massive “super-pig” hybrid named Okja – from the meat company Mirando.
The Game Changers
A UFC fighter’s world is turned upside down when he discovers an elite group of world-renowned athletes and scientists who prove that everything he had been taught about protein was a lie. It’s available to stream on Netflix.
Sharing your vegan pledge with family and friends can help you stay on track and be a very rewarding experience. Remember: the more people who take the pledge, the more animals will be protected. Thank you!
