Soul food junkies /
Filmmaker Byron Hurt looks at the past and future of soul food, covering its roots in Western Africa, its incarnation in the American South, and the role it plays in the health crisis in the African American community. Examines the socioeconomics of the modern American diet, and how the food industr...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
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2013.
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| Summary: | Filmmaker Byron Hurt looks at the past and future of soul food, covering its roots in Western Africa, its incarnation in the American South, and the role it plays in the health crisis in the African American community. Examines the socioeconomics of the modern American diet, and how the food industry profits from producing cheap calories while healthy options remain expensive and hard to find. |
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| Item Description: | Originally produced as a documentary film in 2012. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (63 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen presentation; stereo. |
| Audience: | TV parental guidelines rating: Not rated. |
| Awards: | Winner, Best Documentary, 2012 American Black Film Festival ; Winner, Best Documentary Feature, 2012 Urbanworld Film Festival. |
| Production Credits: | Original music, Kathryn Bostic ; editor, Sonia Gonzalez-Martinez. |
| ISBN: | 9781608838516 160883851X |