Events | Independent Lens Saturday Cinema: "Soul Food Junkies"

Independent Lens Saturday Cinema: "Soul Food Junkies"

When

Sat, January 19, 2013
2:00 PM

Where

Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington Street
Chicago, IL

Directions

In partnership with ITVS and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, WTTW invites you to attend a free screening and discussion about the new Independent Lens documentary Soul Food Junkies!

Soul food is a quintessential American cuisine, with a rich history and an abiding significance to black cultural identity. But with its core celebration of all things fried and smothered, it has also had lasting effects on health, both for better and for worse. Filmmaker Byron Hurt looks at the past and future of soul food – from its roots in Western Africa, to its incarnation in the American South, to its contribution to modern health crises. Soul Food Junkies also looks at the socioeconomics of the modern American diet, and how the food industry profits from making calories cheap, but healthy options expensive and hard to find.

This is a free event. 

Image credit: Laylah Amatullah Barrayn


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