Close up of a blue eye in a Nigerian Dwarf goat. Picture credit: Yoopery, Wikipedia
Director Chris Delforce from Aussie Farms condemns the numerous ways animals are used and abused in Australia.
Dominion is the highly-anticipated animal rights documentary sequel to 2014's ground-breaking Lucent, that revealed the dark side of the Australian pig farming industry.
The upcoming movie will take the investigation to the next level: exposing the numerous ways animals are mistreated in Australia. Across the analysis of the six main features of our relationship with animals - Pets, Wildlife, Scientific Research, Entertainment, Clothing and Food Drawing, the film will question the morality of the human being’s dominion over animals.
Aussie Farms is an organisation that fights to end commercialised animal abuse and exploitation through public education, showing Australia what happens behind closed doors. The feature-length documentary draws from the organisation's repertory, presenting recent, high-quality footage, from across the country using aerial drones.
“Dominion is the film I have been wanting to make for ten years, ”states Chris Delforce, movie director and animalist.
Delforce wants to make something new that will change the hearts and minds of people: “The film looks at our attitude towards animals in general. Dominion is the feeling of superiority that men have towards animals that somehow grants them to treat them as an inferior species. This is the same idea that admits racism and sexism – people thinking that they’re better for some reason. This is the notion I wanted to challenge: Do we have this right? No, I don’t think we do!”.
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