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Modified was awarded the prestigious James Beard Foundation Broadcast Media Award for best documentary film. The film tells the story of the filmmaker and her mother, whose shared love of food leads them into a deeply personal investigation into the world of geneticall
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Modified was awarded the prestigious James Beard Foundation Broadcast Media Award for best documentary film.
The film tells the story of the filmmaker and her mother, whose shared love of food leads them into a deeply personal investigation into the world of genetically engineered foods (commonly known as GMOs), questioning why GMOs are not labeled in Canada and the US despite being labeled in 64 countries around the world. The film has been an official selection at over 60 international film festivals, receiving 13 festival awards since its release. The film aired nationally on CBC Television last month.
Giroux was inspired to make the film when her mother, who was an avid gardener, seed saver, and food activist, raised concerns about a 2001 report by the Royal Society of Canada which sharply criticized how Canada regulates GMOs. The report made 53 recommendations to the Canadian government in order to improve our GMO regulatory system to make it more transparent, more scientific, and in line with the precautionary principle. To this day, only 2 of the report’s recommendations have been implemented. Modified humorously illustrates the filmmaker’s repeated but futile attempts to interview Health Canada. Canada’s primary agencies responsible for regulating genetically engineered foods, Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, refused to participate in an interview for the film.Modified, which is a visual celebration of the love of food and cooking, features recipes and cooking vignettes from the filmmaker’s award-winning farm-to-table cooking show on PBS Food. World-renowned chef Jacques Pépin calls the film “a very personal, tender, touching tribute and a well-researched, enlightening and powerful documentary”.
Watch the trailer.
The film tells the story of the filmmaker and her mother, whose shared love of food leads them into a deeply personal investigation into the world of genetically engineered foods (commonly known as GMOs), questioning why GMOs are not labeled in Canada and the US despite being labeled in 64 countries around the world. The film has been an official selection at over 60 international film festivals, receiving 13 festival awards since its release. The film aired nationally on CBC Television last month.
Giroux was inspired to make the film when her mother, who was an avid gardener, seed saver, and food activist, raised concerns about a 2001 report by the Royal Society of Canada which sharply criticized how Canada regulates GMOs. The report made 53 recommendations to the Canadian government in order to improve our GMO regulatory system to make it more transparent, more scientific, and in line with the precautionary principle. To this day, only 2 of the report’s recommendations have been implemented. Modified humorously illustrates the filmmaker’s repeated but futile attempts to interview Health Canada. Canada’s primary agencies responsible for regulating genetically engineered foods, Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, refused to participate in an interview for the film.Modified, which is a visual celebration of the love of food and cooking, features recipes and cooking vignettes from the filmmaker’s award-winning farm-to-table cooking show on PBS Food. World-renowned chef Jacques Pépin calls the film “a very personal, tender, touching tribute and a well-researched, enlightening and powerful documentary”.
Watch the trailer.
