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Publisher
Hart Sharp Video
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
"Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock unravels the American obesity epidemic by interviewing experts nationwide and by subjecting himself to a 'McDonald's only'diet for thirty days straight. His Sundance award-winning feature is as entertaining as it is horrifying as it dives into corporate responsibility, nutritional education, school lunch programs and how we as a nation are eating ourselves to death." --container.
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon are on an all-expenses-paid trip for the Observer. Their tough assignment is to drive through beautiful Italian country, eat lavishly, and stay in exquisite small hotels, all so that one or the other can write high-toned culinary drivel for the paper.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Chef and author Anthony Bourdain travels the world sampling local foods and culture.
Paris: Take an unusual tour of the city of light and love as Tony ventures from a hardcore goth club to a chilling discovery at the famed Chez Denise bistro.
New Jersey: Tony, a New Jersey-raised boy himself, tries to define the state's true identity as he explores why it is presumed to be a "culinary and cultural wasteland."
Sicily: Tony explores this gorgeous...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The student council members at Jefferson High School decide to throw a Great Food Adventure buffet. As all kinds of different foods arrive, the students realize that they have different tastes and a variety of reasons for choosing the foods that they eat. Some of the reasons presented include: hunger, taste, culture, religion, emotions, advertising, and a healthy lifestyle. Teach your students about the factors the influence their food choices with...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Award-winning filmmaker Byron Hurt offers a fascinating exploration of the soul food tradition, its relevance to black cultural identity, and its continuing popularity despite the known dangers of high-fat, high-calorie diets. Inspired by his father's lifelong love affair with soul food even in the face of a life-threatening health crisis, Hurt discovers that the relationship between African-Americans and dishes like ribs, grits, and fried chicken...
Publisher
Sony Wonder
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
Grover the waiter has a new job at Planet Storybook, where he hobnobs with famous storybook characters. When his favorite customer, who happens to be a picky eater, comes in to eat Grover introduces him to all the fabulous foods that he could be enjoying.
10) Food additives
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Do you know what maltodextrin is? No, it's not the winning word from the national spelling bee. It's probably in your corn flakes. Should you eat something that you can't pronounce? In the past few days, you've probably eaten several hundred chemicals during your snacks and meals. Some you may know all about, but there may be a lot you've never heard of and even a few you can't pronounce! Are all these chemicals safe? Which are healthy, and which...
11) Wasted!
Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"[The film] aims to change the way people buy, cook, recycle, and eat food. Through the eyes of chef-heroes like Anthony Bourdain, Dan Barber, Mario Batali, Massimo Bottura, and Danny Bowien, audiences will see how the world's most influential chefs make the most of every kind of food, transforming what most people consider scraps into incredible dishes that create a more secure food system. [The film] exposes the criminality of food waste and how...
12) Food, Inc
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing how our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profits ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. Reveals surprising and often shocking truths about what we eat, how it's produced and who we have become as a nation.
Publisher
Permacology Productions
Pub. Date
c2012.
Language
English
Description
A documentary that considers today's diet, weight loss and food industries through interviews with best selling health authors and medical professionals as well as with people who have transformed their health and appearance.
15) Good burger
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
When Mondo Burgers' high-tech hamburger haven opens across the street from the tiny Good Burger diner, it looks like the diner is done for, that is until Ed formulates a secret sauce that brings hundreds of new customers to their door.
16) Sweet Sorghum
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In Sweet Sorghum we are introduced to the filmmaker's daughter, Rosie, (now in her early twenties) as she reflects on her childhood spent among the Hamar herdsmen, an isolated people of southwestern Ethiopia. The film reveals the intimacy of shared family life and childhood relationships between the Hamar, Rosie and her brother.
17) Our daily bread
Publisher
Icarus Films
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Explores industrial food production through image and sound, but without dialog or narration.
Publisher
JMT Films
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Español
Description
In December of 2002, McDonald's had to shut down their restaurants in Bolivia. The company cited financial problems, but the real reasons were to be found elsewhere. Bolivia may be a small, poor nation on the global market, but a country's fierce local food culture can be sometimes a more powerful factor than economic clout. In his first feature-length documentary, Fernando Martinez shows what happened, a story driven by the characters behind the...
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by a curiosity about society's careless habit of sending food straight to landfills, the multi award-winning documentary Dive! follows filmmaker Jeremy Seifert and friends as they dumpster dive in the back alleys and gated garbage receptacles of Los Angeles' supermarkets. In the process, they salvage thousands of dollars worth of good, edible food, resulting in an eye-opening documentary that is equal parts entertainment, guerilla journalism,...
20) Simply Ming
Publisher
PBS
Language
English
Description
Simply Ming takes cooking at home to a whole new level! Award-winning host Chef Ming Tsai opens the door to his own kitchen as he and his son, Henry Tsai, prepare delicious and easy to follow recipes.
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