The World Without Cows documentary is coming to theaters in the U.S this October. After a five-year journey to bring this film to life, this is a big moment to experience it on the big screen.
Find participating theaters, showtimes, ticket information and more about the theatrical release on the World Without Cows website worldwithoutcows.com. The first showing will be October 9 at the AMC River East 21, Chicago, and will be attended by filmmakers Michelle Michael and Brandon Whitworth, and executive producer, Dr. Mark Lyons. Shows are also scheduled on October 14 at select theatres in Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri, Iowa, Ohio, Kentucky, Nebraska, Texas, Minnesota, North Dakota and Pennsylvania. Check back often as more theaters are being added daily.
Make a night of it and bring your crew. Bring your family, friends and colleagues to fill theaters across the U.S. with people ready to rethink the role of cows in the future of our planet. Sold-out showings can lead to broader theatrical release and the simple act of you and your network showing up is powerful support of World Without Cows.
Cows are tied to some of the biggest questions facing humanity: how we feed a growing population, protect the planet, and provide adequate nutrition in communities around the world. Against a backdrop of climate change, food insecurity and rising protein demand, World Without Cows challenges what we think we know about cows, climate, health and the future of our planet. Through a global journey spanning 22 countries and five continents, the film explores the complex relationship between food, sustainability, biodiversity and the people whose lives hang in the balance.
Award-winning journalists Michael and Whitworth spent five years filming in more than 40 locations, in conversation with farmers, ranchers, scientists and environmental experts. What they found was far from simple: when it comes to cows, it's not black and white.
“The journey showed us that there is no single simple solution to the world’s greatest challenges,” said Michael. “I don’t think the world wants simple answers. It wants a better understanding of how our global food systems work, and that need has never been more urgent than it is right now.”
“Our hope is that World Without Cows creates a new baseline for how people engage in hard conversations,” said Whitworth. “The film wasn’t made to be an echo chamber. It was made to bring people together to ask difficult questions about complex issues and be open to different perspectives.”
"Cows have become a symbol in the climate conversation, but the reality is far more complex. By exploring this issue from many angles and in such diverse geographies, the filmmakers give us a much more insightful and hopeful outlook than we might have expected," said Lyons.
