CDs, DVDs & Games
DVD "What's On Your Plate" from Bullfrog Films
- Item Number
- 243
Item Description
What's On Your Plate? is a witty and provocative documentary about kids and food politics. Over the course of one year, the film follows two eleven-year-old multiracial city kids as they explore their place in the food chain. Sadie and Safiyah talk to food activists, farmers, and storekeepers, as they address questions regarding the origin of the food they eat, how it's cultivated, and how many miles it travels from farm to fork.
Sadie and Safiyah visit supermarkets, fast food chains, and school lunchrooms. But they also check out innovative sustainable food system practices by going to farms, greenmarkets, and community supported agriculture (CSA) programs. They discover that these options have a number of positive effects: they are good for the environment, help struggling farmers survive, and provide affordable, locally grown food to communities, especially lower-income urban families.
The film culminates with a delicious local meal cooked by the girls and friends they have made along the way. Sadie and Safiyah formulate sophisticated and compassionate opinions about urban sustainability, and by doing so inspire hope and active engagement in others.
Note: This DVD comes with a thorough 64-page curriculum guide that is matched to the three 20-minute study modules on the DVD, which are entitled SCHOOL FOOD, HEALTH AND ACCESS, and LOCAL FOOD.
Item Special Note
76 minutes
Directed by Catherine Gund
Produced by Catherine Gund and Tanya Selvaratnam
Co-Producers: Sadie Rain Hope-Gund and Safiyah Kai Riddle
Editor: Nancy C. Kennedy
Camera: Miklos Buk, George Motz, Jill Cowburn, John Foster
Sound: Jarret Livingston
Animation: Hubbub, Inc., Emily Hubley, Jeremiah Dickey
Music: Adam Crystal
Associate Producers: Nell Marantz, Heather Greene
An Aubin Pictures Production
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