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Not that a paycheck is everything, but it's like, you know, what is your worth?
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Not that a paycheck is everything, butit's like, you know, what is your worth?

Not that a paycheck is everything, but
it's like, you know, what is your worth?

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Not that a paycheck is everything, but it's like, you know, what is your worth?
Duration
6 seconds
Views
42
Timestamp in Movie
00:04:02
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.
[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...
[Minh] Uh... I don't think Porridge & Puffs - Food and Country 00:07
[Minh] Uh... I don't think Porridge & Puffs
This is day one, minute one, brand-new business. - Food and Country 00:06
This is day one, minute one, brand-new business.