Food, Glorious Food!
This collection celebrates food and drink, eleven of which are OVID exclusives and invites viewers to discover food from Cuba to Taiwan. Explore the highs and lows of winemaking, mushroom hunting in Oregon, and the pleasures of a New York City egg cream. Joining the collection are eight additions to OVID's slate, including JOY LUCK CLUB filmmaker Wayne Wang's SOUL OF A BANQUET and Andreas Johnson's BUGS, which asks us to consider the final frontier in sustainable food sources. Dig in!
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The Hand That Feeds
Directed by Rachel Lears, Robin Blotnick • Documentary • 2015 • 84 minutes
At a popular bakery cafe, residents of New York's Upper East Side get bagels and coffee served with a smile 24 hours a day. But behind the scenes, undocumented immigrant workers face sub-legal wages, dangerous machinery, ...
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Mina's Recipe Book
Directed by Anne Georget • Documentary • 2007 • 45 minutes
More than 40 years ago, the phone rang in Anny Stern's New York City home. It was a man she didn't know, calling to giver her a notebook. Covered in brown paper, its pages hand-sewn together, this was no ordinary notebook. It was one in ...
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Old or New?
Directed by Ernesto Cabello • Documentary • 2013 • 29 minutes
The very future of food -- and farming -- is being re-imagined in a city where nobody dined out 20 years ago, where there is no national tradition of gastronomy, and where there is considerable malnutrition. But in the capital of Peru...
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1 seasonFood for Thought
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In the series, Food for Thought, seven young people start a dialogue with seven philosophers. As food is simply the best way to connect with one another, we cook and eat together while reflecting on crucial life questions. By bringing philosophy into the kitchen, we put theory into practice: we t...
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Food Design
Directed by Martin Hablesreiter and Sonja Stummerer • Documentary • 2009 • 52 minutes
The sound of sausage: When a bite produces a distinct crunch, they taste particularly good. Fish sticks, on the other hand, don't make such great noises, but they can be arranged nicely in the pan. And is it me...
