Two Food Films You Should See

by Jill Richardson · 2009-05-02 11:58:00 UTC
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There are two fantastic food films out there right now and I want to recommend them to everyone.

First, The Garden:

In the wake of the 1992 Los Angeles riots, hundreds of mostly Mexican-American families came together and turned one of the nation's most blighted neighborhoods into a 14 acre urban oasis-complete with guavas, papayas and enough fruit and vegetables to feed hundreds of families. But now bulldozers are poised to demolish their garden...

The Garden is the unflinching look at the struggle between these Latino urban farmers, the City of Los Angles and a powerful developer who wants to evict them to build warehouses. A gripping story of the country's largest urban farm, backroom deals, land developers, green politics, money, poverty, power, and racial discord. The film explores and exposes the fault lines in American society and raises crucial and challenging questions about liberty, equality, and justice for the poorest and most vulnerable among us.

(Text taken from their Facebook page)

You can see a preview here.

Second, Food, Inc. It's not out yet but will be soon. I've only seen a few clips from it, but my friend Jay saw the entire thing. He wrote up a review here. The film was made with Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser so I'm pretty certain that I'm going to love it.

Jill Richardson
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