"Media That Matters: Good Food" Film Festival collection

Asparagus! (A Stalk-umentary), 6 min, Documentary
Directed and produced by Kirsten Kelly and Anne De Mare
Journey to the "Asparagus Capital of the World" to discover why one little vegetable is so important.
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Food Justice, A Growing Movement, 8 min, Documentary
Directed and produced by Martina Brimmer and Zora Tucker
Farmers become activists in the fight for food justice in West Oakland, California.
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Recycle, 6 min, Documenatry
Directed and produced by Vasco Lucas Nunes and Ondi Timoner
Poet Miguel Diaz transforms poverty into cultivation in the middle of a Los Angeles street.
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Inch By Inch: Providence Youth - Gardens for Education, 8 min, Documentary
Directed and produced by Ilana Friedman
Teachers and students in Providence, Rhode Island get their hands dirty and their lives enriched.
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Terminator Tomatoes, 5 min, Claymation
Directed and produced by Suzanne Twining
A farmer and his daughter get in too deep with a crop of genetically modified tomatoes.
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Young Agrarians, 8 min, Documentary
Directed and produced by Johanna Divine
Young people plant the seeds for a sustainable future in this portrait of organic farming in California.
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Profit Cola, 2:06 min, Animation
Produced by Mark Fiore for Parents Action for Children
All aboard! Ride the sugar rollercoaster with Profit Cola. Next stop: childhood obesity.
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Directed and produced by Liz Miller
When water costs soar, residents of Highland Park, Michigan, demand to know who will foot the bill.
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Don't Worry, 8 min, Puppet Expose
Directed by Emily James and produced by Fulcrum TV
Find out how Sunny D and “that purple stuff” are marketed to children as young as three.
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One More Dead Fish, 7:50 min, Documentary
Directed and produced by Allan and Stefan Forbes
Handline fishermen fight to survive in a rapidly globalizing industry.
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The Meatrix, 3:47 min, Animation
Directed by Louis Fox and produced by Free Range Graphics & Global Resource Action Center for the Environment
Will Leo the pig take the blue pill and remain in a fantasyland where quaint family farms produce food for our tables?
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