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Changing minds about eating meat

Actress Natalie Portman, who produced and narrated the documentary Eating Animals, does not want viewers to feel judged when they watch it

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Actress Natalie Portman (left), on the decision not to include too much undercover footage of animals suffering in Eating Animals.

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Alison de Souza  In Los Angeles , Alison de Souza

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Natalie Portman went vegan after reading Eating Animals, the 2009 non-fiction bestseller detailing the dark side of factory farming.
But although the Oscar-winning actress (Black Swan, 2010) has produced and narrated a documentary based on that book, she does not want viewers to feel judged when they watch it because she hates feeling judged herself.
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