FOOD FILM FESTIVAL ON THE MSU CAMPUS –Free to all students!
9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, March 20, 2010
A Food Film Festival will be shown on Saturday, March 20 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the theatre on the basement level of Snyder Hall on the Michigan State University campus. Popcorn and pop will be served. This festival is part on an ongoing conversation at MSU on food, sustainability and the environment. Students, faculty, staff and members of the greater Lansing community are invited to attend. There will be brief discussions following the showing of each film. The films are very diverse and include one nominated for an Academy Award in 2010 (Food, Inc.), a Chinese film directed by acclaimed filmmaker Ang Lee (Eat, Drink, Man, Woman), a humorous movie about being a vegetarian in Alaska (Eating Alaska), a documentary about the rise of young farmers in America (The Greenhorns) and a film about growing asparagus in Michigan (Asparagus: Stalking the Good Life). The public is invited to attend.
This event is being organized by students and faculty at the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism in the MSU School of Journalism, the Residential College, the RISE program and the Department of Community Agriculture, Recreation and Resource Studies (CARRS).
Scheduled showing times:
Eat, Drink, Man, Woman – 9:30-11:35 a.m.
Eating Alaska 12:00-12:57 p.m.
The Greenhorns - - 1:30-1:50 p.m.
Food, Inc - 2:30- 4:03 p.m.
Asparagus: Stalking the American life - 4:30- 5:23 p.m.
About the movies:
Eat Drink Man Woman
Central Motion Picture Corp., Good Machine, 1994). Written by Ang Lee, James Schamus, Hui-Ling Wang. Directed by Ang Lee. In Mandarin with English subtitles. A widower and master chef (Sihung Lung) losing his sense of taste tries to keep family food traditions alive as his three grown and distinctly different daughters struggle to assert their independence. The dinner table becomes the site of conflict as well as of familial healing and growth, and the cinematography is finely tuned to present the Chinese delicacies in the most nurturing light. It's a sweet and scrumptious film, remade with less success as Tortilla Soup (Samuel Goldwyn Films, Starz! Encore Entertainment, 2001). http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111797/
Eating Alaska
A documentary about a vegetarian who moves to Alaska and is forced to confront a lot of the ethical issues she thought she had already settled on. The film chronicles her experience and the dilemmas she faces. Humorous and relatable to anyone who has ever pondered over the ethical questions of being a vegetarian or a carnivore. http://www.eatingalaska.com/
The Greenhorns
A documentary about the rise of young farmers throughout America. The film chronicles several families and individuals have started to grow their own food and their experiences with the process. Beautiful stories of real people. http://www.thegreenhorns.net/
Food Inc
This Academy Award-nominated film discusses the mechanization and industrialization of the United States food system and how food is shaping our economy and our lives.
http://www.foodincmovie.com/
Asparagus
Based in Asparagus capital Oceana County Michigan, this award-winning movie discusses the hardships faced by the community in the wake of the U.S. War on Drugs, Free Trade and a Fast Food Nation. http://www.asparagusthemovie.com/
