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Food and Country

It's changing the systemsthat caused us to be so lacking in resiliencywhen the pandemic...

It's changing the systems
that caused us to be so lacking in resiliency
when the pandemic struck

Full Transcript

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It's changing the systems that caused us to be
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so lacking in resiliency when the pandemic struck.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:03:49
Uploaded
Apr 02, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Foothill Productions,Real Lava,Sustainable Films,Range Media Partners,The deNovo Initiative,Tiger Tales Media,Bewilder Films,Ideal Partners

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Movie Summary

Trailblazing food writer Ruth Reichl examines the precarious state of America's food system. A Sundance Film Festival premiere.
[woman] They're all struggling, experimenting, doing whatever it took to survive. - Food and Country 00:08
[woman] They're all struggling, experimenting, doing wh...
Not that a paycheck is everything, but it's like, you know, what is your worth? - Food and Country 00:06
Not that a paycheck is everything, but it's like, you k...
[Ruth] With so many of them in crisis, - Food and Country 00:09
[Ruth] With so many of them in crisis,
I mean, are you surrounded by restaurants that are closing? - Food and Country 00:05
I mean, are you surrounded by restaurants that are closing?
Yeah, that's the saddest part about this neighborhood, - Food and Country 00:09
Yeah, that's the saddest part about this neighborhood,
A lot of empty store fronts, a lot of closed restaurants. - Food and Country 00:08
A lot of empty store fronts, a lot of closed restaurants.
Chinatown was the first to be affected. - Food and Country 00:06
Chinatown was the first to be affected.
Whether that's, you know, stereotypes or prejudices. - Food and Country 00:06
Whether that's, you know, stereotypes or prejudices.
Just making fun of the virus in Chinese names - Food and Country 00:10
Just making fun of the virus in Chinese names
But the hardest thing about this pandemic is that each business - Food and Country 00:11
But the hardest thing about this pandemic is that each busin...
[Ruth] I mean, it was particularly bad timing for you, - Food and Country 00:06
[Ruth] I mean, it was particularly bad timing for you,
I was already in survival mode, but that week leading up to the pandemic, - Food and Country 00:10
I was already in survival mode, but that week leading up to ...
But I'm the primary breadwinner of my family. - Food and Country 00:06
But I'm the primary breadwinner of my family.
All of a sudden, I'm like, how do I take care of my own family - Food and Country 00:09
All of a sudden, I'm like, how do I take care of my own...
And I just felt like I had failed everybody. - Food and Country 00:06
And I just felt like I had failed everybody.
[man] Okay. So you just talked about the restaurant, how you pivoted. - Food and Country 00:05
[man] Okay. So you just talked about the restaurant, how you...
I called my landlord and I said, - Food and Country 00:19
I called my landlord and I said,
And I'm like, there's no way I'm going to do what everyone's doing - Food and Country 00:08
And I'm like, there's no way I'm going to do ...
It's not the... maybe the banks a little bit, but... - Food and Country 00:06
It's not the... maybe the banks a little bit, but...
You know, if this is the foreseeable future, will you be okay? - Food and Country 00:07
You know, if this is the foreseeable future, will you be oka...