Food Chains | |
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Directed by | Sanjay Rawal |
Written by | Erin Barnett Sanjay Rawal |
Produced by | Smriti Keshari Hamilton Fish Sanjay Rawal |
Starring |
Eve Ensler Barry Estabrook Dolores Huerta Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Kerry Kennedy Eva Longoria Eric Schlosser Forest Whitaker |
Cinematography | Forest Woodward |
Edited by | Erin Barnett |
Music by | Gil Talmi Macklemore |
Distributed by | Screen Media |
Release date |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Food Chains is a 2014 American documentary film about agricultural labor in the United States directed by Sanjay Rawal. It was the Recipient of the 2015 James Beard Foundation Award for Special/Documentary. [1]
In Immokalee, Florida, migrant farmworkers pick fruits and vegetables that are sold to large US food wholesalers. [2] However, their working conditions are shown to be less than favorable. [2] As a result, they form the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) to raise awareness and improve their circumstances. [3] Specifically, they go on a hunger strike to pressure Publix, a Florida-based food wholesaler, to pay them one penny more per pound of tomato. [3] Meanwhile, the documentary also shows farmworkers in the vineyards of the Napa Valley. [4]
The film was produced by actress and Democratic fundraiser Eva Longoria, Fast Food Nation author Eric Schlosser, and heiress Abigail Disney, among others. [4]
It was presented at the Berlin Film Festival, the Tribeca Film Festival and the Napa Valley Film Festival. [2] [4] Shortly after, Screen Media purchased the distribution rights for North America. [2] A Spanish version, narrated by actor Demián Bichir was released. [3]
In a review for The Hollywood Reporter, Frank Scheck suggested not much had changed since Harvest of Shame, a 1960 documentary about the same topic. [3] He concluded that Food Chains was 'simultaneously inspirational and deeply depressing.' [3] Writing for the San Francisco Chronicle, Tara Duggan added that there were 'many chilling moments' in the documentary. [4] In The New York Daily News, Elizabeth Weitzman called the documentary 'unsettling,' concluding 'you will certainly leave the theater more enlightened than when you arrived.'. [5] Jeannette Catsoulis of the New York Times called the film 'rousing' and 'emphatic and empathetic.'. [6]
Food Chains | |
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![]() Release poster | |
Directed by | Sanjay Rawal |
Written by | Erin Barnett Sanjay Rawal |
Produced by | Smriti Keshari Hamilton Fish Sanjay Rawal |
Starring |
Eve Ensler Barry Estabrook Dolores Huerta Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Kerry Kennedy Eva Longoria Eric Schlosser Forest Whitaker |
Cinematography | Forest Woodward |
Edited by | Erin Barnett |
Music by | Gil Talmi Macklemore |
Distributed by | Screen Media |
Release date |
|
Running time | 83 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Food Chains is a 2014 American documentary film about agricultural labor in the United States directed by Sanjay Rawal. It was the Recipient of the 2015 James Beard Foundation Award for Special/Documentary. [1]
In Immokalee, Florida, migrant farmworkers pick fruits and vegetables that are sold to large US food wholesalers. [2] However, their working conditions are shown to be less than favorable. [2] As a result, they form the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) to raise awareness and improve their circumstances. [3] Specifically, they go on a hunger strike to pressure Publix, a Florida-based food wholesaler, to pay them one penny more per pound of tomato. [3] Meanwhile, the documentary also shows farmworkers in the vineyards of the Napa Valley. [4]
The film was produced by actress and Democratic fundraiser Eva Longoria, Fast Food Nation author Eric Schlosser, and heiress Abigail Disney, among others. [4]
It was presented at the Berlin Film Festival, the Tribeca Film Festival and the Napa Valley Film Festival. [2] [4] Shortly after, Screen Media purchased the distribution rights for North America. [2] A Spanish version, narrated by actor Demián Bichir was released. [3]
In a review for The Hollywood Reporter, Frank Scheck suggested not much had changed since Harvest of Shame, a 1960 documentary about the same topic. [3] He concluded that Food Chains was 'simultaneously inspirational and deeply depressing.' [3] Writing for the San Francisco Chronicle, Tara Duggan added that there were 'many chilling moments' in the documentary. [4] In The New York Daily News, Elizabeth Weitzman called the documentary 'unsettling,' concluding 'you will certainly leave the theater more enlightened than when you arrived.'. [5] Jeannette Catsoulis of the New York Times called the film 'rousing' and 'emphatic and empathetic.'. [6]