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New Orleans Film Society

Eating Alabama

USA 62 min.

Wednesday, October 17, at 2:00 p.m.
Contemporary Arts Center (All-Access Pass Holders Only)
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Director
Andrew Beck Grace
Director Bio
Andrew Beck Grace is a documentary filmmaker and native Alabamian. He's a past fellow at the CPB/PBS Producers Academy and directs the Documenting Justice program at the University of Alabama.

Synopsis

In search of a simpler life, a young couple returns home to Alabama where they set out to eat the way their grandparents did – locally and seasonally. But as they navigate the agro-industrial gastronomical complex, they soon realize that nearly everything about the food system has changed since farmers once populated their family histories. A thoughtful and often funny essay on community, the South and sustainability, “Eating Alabama” is a story about why food matters.