Temple Grandin goes on the same shelf as Milk and King's Speech, as being a very inspirational film. Temple Grandin is an actual person - she is a woman with Autism who has a PhD in Animal Science. Temple is a well-known author and a designer of a system that cattle slaughterhouses use that is more humane for the animals.Temple was born in the 60's when Autism was not understood very well. A doctor initially told her Mother that she should be institutionalized because Temple did not speak until she was 4 yrs old. Despite the odds, Temple went onto a boarding school for gifted children, college, grad school and received her PhD. She is known as DR. Temple Grandin and was a key contributor to this film.
Claire Danes played the role of Temple and authentically captured Temple's voice and mannerisms. She has won a couple of awards for this film and I definitely feel they were well deserved.
Temple has been a voice in the autism community & to everyone - she was one of the first people to be able to explain WHAT it feels like to be autistic. There are different levels of autism & asperger's on the spectrum and Temple is known as a highly functioning Autistic. She is a true inspiration for anyone as someone who found her voice and used it to help others.
I highly recommend this film. One thing I want to point out is that you will see how slaughterhouses are set up & work. I am pretty passionate about people knowing where their food came from & how it ends up on your plate. I know that some people would rather not know this information, so I just want to warn you.
If you ever do want to understand the food industry better, I recommend the following:
I totally understand there is an up and down to every situation. If no one ate meat, think of all of the cattle farmers and those in the industry who would be out of work. However, Temple was onto something when she said, "Nature is cruel. We don't have to be."
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