"The Herd" is a 20-minute live action short film from 2014 directed by Melanie Light and written by Ed Pope. The tagline here is "You are a product" and maybe you already guess correctly what to expect here. This film puts women in the perspective of cattle and shows us their way of torture, violence and humiliation until other humans reap from them what they want for their products. So yes, this is a strong statement not just in favor of vegetarianism, but even of veganism. People (even vegetarians like myself) may have different opinions in terms of what they think is the right approach to their lifestyle choice. I personally believe drastic isn't bad at all, but everybody should still decide for themselves and you should never want to impose or lifestyle on others, no matter what it is. This is why I am a bit critical with this movie, even if I basically agree with the message and I also think drastic radical images can help people to make them understand what it is exactly that they are doing to living creatures (=animals). I personally think this film comes down to a bit too much of screaming and heavy scenes and it certainly could have been kept under 15 minutes, maybe under 10. The ending is pretty good though. Go check it out.
Review of The Herd
