This might be one of the most important social issues that most people are unaware of. I.e. A war against farmers, i.e. A war against humanity. Or at least those who are not part of the elites.
Hence: kudos to the team for tackling this matter. I would recommend this doc to everyone.
I have to say I would have liked this to be a docuseries in multiple parts. There's a lot to digest here. Having one episode for each country (US, Holland, Sri Lanka) would have allowed digging deeper. I found the Sri Lanka situation hard to grasp and too fast.
The scenes with the Dutch farmers are particularly harrowing, honest hard working people who are on the front lines of this war.
The animations are simple but effective, they help to visually present "boring" but important data and they work well as transitions between the various sequences between countries and topics.
Unfortunately this doc suffers from the same problem I see in many recent documentaries: there is no story. We don't really follow the host on a journey of discovering, rather he presents what the team already found: i.e. The UN is behind this war. Which should have been at the end of the journey IMO.
The beginning with the crickets' snacks was great and could have been used to propel a quest: "who is selling this stuff? How do they expect people to buy it? What about health risks? Who approved these things to be in stores? Who's buying them?" etc. There is a great scene with a Dutch producer (crickets and worms if I remember well) which is entertaining and would have been perfect at the beginning.
The editing seems rushed too. Too many unmotivated cuts, weird audio overlaps with the host saying mmm, yes, sure and so on when others are talking. Also breaking the 180 rules at the beginning (twice in a row) put me off. I guess "regular" audience guys won't notice though.
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