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Food and Country

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Duration
9 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:20:40
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.
You can tell, quickly, what business is in Harlem, - Food and Country 00:07
You can tell, quickly, what business is in Harlem,
If you're in Harlem, it's just boarded up with plywood, right? - Food and Country 00:06
If you're in Harlem, it's just boarded up with ply...
If you're of Harlem, there's art on your gate. - Food and Country 00:05
If you're of Harlem, there's art on your gate.
"Had" is the key word there. [laughs] - Food and Country 00:07
"Had" is the key word there. [laughs]
When people said, Ruth, everybody's left New York City, - Food and Country 00:08
When people said, Ruth, everybody's left New York City,
[Marcus] There are deli workers, nurses, - Food and Country 00:08
[Marcus] There are deli workers, nurses,
And on top of that, every day, Harlem gets busloads of homeless, - Food and Country 00:13
And on top of that, every day, Harlem gets busloads of homel...
[Ruth] One of the things that I'm looking at is, - Food and Country 00:10
[Ruth] One of the things that I'm looking at is,
- Wow. Do you know this amazing woman, Karen Washington? - No. - Food and Country 00:06
- Wow. Do you know this amazing woman, Karen Washington? - N...
She's fierce. You'll love her. - Food and Country 00:05
She's fierce. You'll love her.
All right. Let's make sure everybody got their order. - Food and Country 00:05
All right. Let's make sure everybody got their order.
When I moved to the Bronx, I had a huge backyard, and I decided, you know what? - Food and Country 00:06
When I moved to the Bronx, I had a huge backyard, and I deci...
I started with green peppers and tomatoes, - Food and Country 00:09
I started with green peppers and tomatoes,
Because prior to that, tomatoes were always pink, they were never red. - Food and Country 00:05
Because prior to that, tomatoes were always pink, they were ...
And so when I grew this tomato, first of all, - Food and Country 00:07
And so when I grew this tomato, first of all,
And when I picked it and I bit into it, it just rocked my world. - Food and Country 00:06
And when I picked it and I bit into it, it just rocked my wo...
The taste was so intense, so sweet, and I was hooked. - Food and Country 00:07
The taste was so intense, so sweet, and I was hooked.
COVID hit communities of color so hard, - Food and Country 00:11
COVID hit communities of color so hard,
The high incidence of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, obesity. - Food and Country 00:07
The high incidence of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, obesity...
I've been on this journey, getting politicians and people to understand - Food and Country 00:14
I've been on this journey, getting politicians and peop...