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 is deep-rooted and culturally based. At the same time, he moves beyond matters of culture and individual taste to show how the economics of the food industry have combined with socioeconomic conditions in predominantly black neighborhoods to dramatically limit food choices. The result is an absorbing and ultimately inspiring look at the cultural politics of food and the complex interplay between identity, taste, power, and health. Features soul food cooks, historians, doctors, and food justice movement activists who are challenging the food industry, creating sustainable gardens, and advocating for better supermarkets, more farmers' markets, and healthier takes on soul food.

Media Education Foundation Collection

African American cooking, African Americans -- Food, African Americans -- Social life and customs, Food habits -- United States, Food preferences -- United States, Food -- Social aspects -- United States

Hurt, Byron (producer), Hurt, Byron (writer), Hurt, Byron (director), Bostic, Kathryn (composer), Gonzá́lez-Martínez, Sonia (editor), Media Education Foundation (director), Corporation for Public Broadcasting (producer), National Black Programming Consortium (producer), Ford Foundation (producer), Independent Television Service (producer), God Bless the Child Productions (producer)

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English

college, high school (grades 10-12)

Name	Media Education Foundation
Role	distributor
Telephone	413-584-8500
Address	60 Masonic St., Northampton, MA 01060
Email	[email protected]

2012-01-01

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