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Mo Gilligan Eats Fried Chicken 28 Days, Exposes Industry Pollution

8/5/2026

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Story summary

Mo Gilligan eats fried chicken for 28 days in the documentary Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy.
He eats chicken three times while interviewing historians, farmers and nutrition experts.
Gilligan visits factory farms and records soil, air and water pollution harming locals.
Mindhouse produces the film, adding street commentary to challenge Black-person fried-chicken stereotypes.
Gilligan compares experiment to the 2004 Super Size Me project and its 2017 sequel Holy Chicken.

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Story summary

Mo Gilligan eats fried chicken for 28 days in the documentary Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy.
He eats chicken three times while interviewing historians, farmers and nutrition experts.
Gilligan visits factory farms and records soil, air and water pollution harming locals.
Mindhouse produces the film, adding street commentary to challenge Black-person fried-chicken stereotypes.
Gilligan compares experiment to the 2004 Super Size Me project and its 2017 sequel Holy Chicken.