HUSH, HOGGIES, HUSH: TOM JOHNSON'S PRAYING PIGS
This awe-striking tidy little documentary (it's only four minutes) introduces us to Tom Johnson, a Mississippi pig farmer who toiled for thirty-five years teaching his porkers to pray before dinner. A sociological study proving either the brilliance of Johnson and/or his pigs, or else man's ceaseless desire to control all things, the piece reminds us that even slop deserves a thank you, and just because you're a pig doesn't mean you have to act like one.
(by Rebecca L. Epstein)
