Hi all, Pragda's FROM THE LAND TO YOUR TABLE offers seven perspectives from seven Ibero-American filmmakers on the conditions and cultural diversity of popular produce markets in seven countries - Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela and Spain. Created collectively, each segment retains its own unique style and tone, and highlights the fascinating stories of the foods that eventually wind up on our tables.
Find more info and watch the trailer here: http://www.pragda.com/films/from-the-land-to-your-table FROM THE LAND TO YOUR TABLE (¿QUÉ CULPA TIENE EL TOMATE?) Alejo Hoijman & Josué Mendez Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela, Spain 2011 / 107 min / Spanish, Portuguese, Galician, and Aymara with English subtitles Universities, Colleges, and Institutions $295 Film with DSL for Universities, Colleges, and Institutions $499 Film with PPR and DSL for Universities, Colleges, and Institutions $599 Public Libraries $89 Best, Olivia -- Olivia Newman Pragda Bringing You the Best of Spanish & Latin American Cinema 302 Bedford Ave., # 136 Brooklyn, NY 11249 (tel): 347-891-1788 Pragda: www.pragda.com Spanish Film Club: www.spanishfilmclub.com > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: "Kasirer Katherine" <k.kasi...@nfb.ca> >> Date: February 25, 2014 10:06:51 PM GMT+01:00 >> To: <videolib@lists.berkeley.edu> >> Subject: Re: [Videolib] Looking for documentaries about food >> Reply-To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu >> >> Hi, >> Here are a few from the NFB: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> 1 >> The Fruit Hunters >> 2012 >> 95:13 >> >> >> 2 >> A Monk's Secret >> 2009 >> 27:58 >> >> >> 3 >> The World According to Monsanto >> 2008 >> 109:00 >> >> >> 4 >> The Fight for True Farming >> 2005 >> 89:55 >> >> >> 5 >> Animals/Animaux >> 2003 >> 72:31 >> >> >> 6 >> Animals >> 2003 >> 74:02 >> >> >> 7 >> The Genetic Takeover or Mutant Food >> 2000 >> 52:14 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -Katherine >> _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ >> Katherine Kasirer >> Bibliothécaire | Librarian >> Accessibilité et entreprises numériques| Accessibility and digital >> enterprises >> Office national du film du Canada| National Film Board of Canada >> 3155, chemin de la Côte-de-Liesse, Montréal QC H4N 2N4 | 3155 Cote-de-Liesse >> Road, Montreal QC >> H4N 2N4 >> k.kasi...@onf.ca | k.kasi...@nfb.ca >> Téléphone | Telephone: 514-283-9045 >> Gouvernement du Canada | Government of Canada >> >> From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu >> [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Nina Riddel >> Sent: February-25-14 3:50 PM >> To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu >> Subject: Re: [Videolib] Looking for documentaries about food >> >> Hi Lisa, >> >> Here’s some highlights from the Icarus Films Food subject page: >> >> Food Design - A look inside the secret chambers where designers and >> scientists are defining your favorite mouthful of tomorrow. >> >> For the Best and for the Onion! - A verite documentary that captures the >> rhythms of agricultural life in Niger, and how the vagaries of market price >> and harvest can affect the most intimate personal decisions. >> >> Hamburger: Jungleburger - Examines the impact of the fast food industry on >> Third World countries. >> >> Hamburger: Macprofit - A provocative expose of the machinations that drive >> the fast food industry. >> >> Let Them Eat Cake - Against the backdrop of the "Texas Cupcake Controversy," >> this humorous documentary takes a close look at the processed food industry >> and at the ways that junk food and beverages are marketed to children. >> >> Milk in the Land - How did milk become so popular, and iconic? An >> entertaining and innovative history and deconstruction of milk and American >> culture! >> >> Our Daily Bread - A spectacular visual essay composed of epic tableaus, a >> haunting vision of our modern food industry, and the methods and technology >> utilized for mass >> >> Red Persimmons - A visually elegant paean to the cultivation and harvesting >> of the sweet red fruit, and the disappearance of a traditional way of life >> in rural Japan. >> >> Rice and Peas - The experiences of a Trinidadian restaurant owner in >> Brooklyn. >> >> Seeds of Hunger - A global investigation into the evolving nature of food >> production, and the crisis it may portend. >> >> Tierralismo - An in-depth portrait of a Cuban agricultural collective that >> has drawn international acclaim for its sustainable practices. (new January >> 2014) >> >> >> Nina Riddel >> Sales Associate >> Icarus Films >> 718-488-8900 >> n...@icarusfilms.com >> From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu >> [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Borden, Lisa M. >> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 3:34 PM >> To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu >> Subject: [Videolib] Looking for documentaries about food >> >> All: >> >> I’m trying to put together a comprehensive list of documentaries that are >> about food or food-related topics for a course. >> >> I will welcome any title suggestions from librarians or title lists from >> film vendors, on or off list. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Lisa M. Borden >> Serials & Electronic Resources Librarian, Section Head >> UTEP Library - Acquisitions >> PH: (915) 747-6709 >> E-Mail: lmbor...@utep.edu >> >> >> >> VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues >> relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, >> preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and >> related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective >> working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication >> between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and >> distributors. >
VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
