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Soul Food Junkies
''Soul Food Junkies'' is a 2012 documentary directed by Byron Hurt and produced by Lisa Durden. The film explores the history and culinary tradition of soul food, and its relevance to African-American culture and identity. The film also documents black people that have modified their diet towards eating more vegetables. Critical reception ''HuffPost'' said "At its core, Soul Food Junkies succeeds in doing precisely what it calls for: to make healthy food part of popular culture. Byron Hurt isn't ready to abandon Soul Food. He just wants it to be healthier. He is not alone, and he has taken the debate on food to another level." NPR National Public Radio (NPR) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It serves as a national Radio syndication, syndicator to a network of more ... wrote "Director Byron Hurt's highly personal, often funny film explores how traditional Southern ...
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Byron Hurt
Byron Patrick Hurt (born December 31, 1969) is an American activist, lecturer, writer, and award-winning documentary filmmaker. In 2010, he hosted the Emmy-nominated television show, ''Reel Works with Byron Hurt''. His documentary '' Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes'' premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and broadcast nationally on PBS in 2007. His film ''Soul Food Junkies'' received the Best Documentary Award at the 2012 American Black Film Festival and aired on PBS' ''Independent Lens'' in January 2013. Hurt is currently working on his new documentary ''Hazing: How Badly Do You Want In'', an exploration on the culture of hazing following the tragic hazing deaths of young people. Biography Byron Hurt attended Northwestern University School to study Journalism. While attending Northwestern, Hurt played football as a quarterback,Bigg, Matthew and"U.S. hip-hop film sparks debate on masculinity" ''Reuters'', February 20, 2007. and founded God Bless the Child Productions be ...
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Lisa Durden
Lisa Durden is a media commentator and producer. Durden was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey and graduated from Seton Hall University with a degree in journalism. She has provided commentary on ''The Kelly File'' and other television programs on subjects including racism, Black Lives Matter, and celebrity culture. Durden hosted a talk show, ''The Lisa Durden Show'', that aired on Newark and Manhattan public access cable channels. She was the associate producer for the documentary '' Brick City'', and producer of the documentary ''Soul Food Junkies'', which won the 2012 Grand Jury Prize of Best Documentary at the American Black Film Festival. On June 6, 2017, Durden appeared on Fox News in an interview with Tucker Carlson, discussing a Black Lives Matter chapter that held a Memorial Day event exclusively for black people. Durden defended the chapter's actions, saying "Boo-hoo-hoo... You white people are angry because you couldn’t use your ‘white privilege’ card to get ...
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American Black Film Festival
The American Black Film Festival (ABFF), originally called the Acalpulco Black Film Festival, is an independent film festival that focuses primarily on black film and works by black members of the film industry. The festival is held annually in Miami, Florida and features films, documentaries, and web series with black writers, directors, and actors. History Founding: "Because Hollywouldn't" The first Acapulco Black Film Festival was held in June 1997. The aim of its founders, Jeff Friday, Byron E. Lewis and Warrington Hudlin, was to create a venue at which members of "Black Hollywood" could meet, network, collaborate, and celebrate black cinema. In an interview, Friday said that one of the main motivations for the festival was that " l minorities are shut down from the private party we call Hollywood. We are let in one at a time, and the masses don't get the information, or don't have access to the decision making, or are not in a position to green-light a project. What we ...
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Soul Food
Soul food is the ethnic cuisine of African Americans. Originating in the Southern United States, American South from the cuisines of Slavery in the United States, enslaved Africans transported from Africa through the Atlantic slave trade, soul food is closely associated with the cuisine of the Southern United States. The expression "soul food" originated in the mid-1960s when "soul" was a common word used to describe African-American culture. Soul food uses cooking techniques and ingredients from West African cuisine, West African, Cuisine of the Central African Republic, Central African, European cuisine, Western European, and Indigenous cuisine of the Americas. The cuisine was initially denigrated as low quality and belittled because of its origin. It was seen as low-class food, and African Americans in the Northern United States, North looked down on their Black Southerners, Black Southern compatriots who preferred soul food (see the Great Migration (African American), Grea ...
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African-American Culture
African-American culture, also known as Black American culture or Black culture in American English, refers to the cultural expressions of African Americans, either as part of or distinct from mainstream American culture. African-American/Black-American culture has been influential on American and global worldwide culture as a whole. Black-American/African American culture primarily refers to the distinct cultural expressions, traditions, and contributions of people who are descendants of those enslaved in the United States, as well as free people of color who lived in the country before 1865. This culture is rooted in a specific ethnic group and is separate from the cultures of more recent melanated (dark-skinned) immigrants from Africa, the Caribbean, or Afro-Latinos. African American culture is not simply defined by race or historical struggle but is deeply rooted in shared practices, identity, and community. African American culture encompasses many aspects, including Bla ...
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Vegetable
Vegetables are edible parts of plants that are consumed by humans or other animals as food. This original meaning is still commonly used, and is applied to plants collectively to refer to all edible plant matter, including edible flower, flowers, fruits, edible plant stem, stems, leaf vegetable, leaves, list of root vegetables, roots, and list of edible seeds, seeds. An alternative definition is applied somewhat arbitrarily, often by culinary and cultural tradition; it may include savoury fruits such as tomatoes and courgettes, flowers such as broccoli, and seeds such as Pulse (legume), pulses, but exclude foods derived from some plants that are fruits, flowers, nut (fruit), nuts, and cereal grains. Originally, vegetables were collected from the wild by hunter-gatherers and entered cultivation in several parts of the world, probably during the period 10,000 BC to 7,000 BC, when a new History of agriculture, agricultural way of life developed. At first, plants that g ...
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HuffPost
''HuffPost'' (''The Huffington Post'' until 2017, itself often abbreviated as ''HPo'') is an American progressive news website, with localized and international editions. The site offers news, satire, blogs, and original content, and covers politics, business, entertainment, environment, technology, popular media, lifestyle, culture, comedy, healthy eating, young women's interests, and local news featuring columnists. It was created to provide a progressive alternative to conservative news websites such as the Drudge Report. The site contains its own content and user-generated content via video blogging, audio, and photo. In 2012, the website became the first commercially run United States digital media enterprise to win a Pulitzer Prize. Founded by Arianna Huffington, Andrew Breitbart, Kenneth Lerer, and Jonah Peretti, the site was launched on May 9, 2005, as a counterpart to the Drudge Report. In March 2011, it was acquired by AOL for US$315 million, with Arianna ...
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List Of Films About Food And Drink
This is a list of films about food and drink. Films about food and drink Documentary films * '' All in This Tea'' * ''American Beer'' * '' Beer Wars'' * '' Bill W.'' * '' A Bite of China'' * '' Black Coffee'' * '' Black Gold'' * '' Blood into Wine'' * '' Chez Schwartz'' * '' Dive!'' * '' Fat Head'' * '' Fine Food, Fine Pastries, Open 6 to 9'' * '' The Five Obstructions'' * '' Food, Inc.'' * '' The Fruit Hunters'' * '' Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers'' * '' Global Steak'' * '' Gutbusters'' * '' I Like Killing Flies'' * '' Ingredients'' * '' Jiro Dreams of Sushi'' * '' Kings of Pastry'' * '' Know Your Mushrooms'' * '' A Matter of Taste'' * ''Mondovino'' * '' Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's'' * '' Our Daily Bread'' * '' Paavo, a Life in Five Courses'' * '' Pennsylvania Diners and Other Roadside Restaurants'' * '' A Place at the Table'' * '' Red Obsession'' * ''The Restaurant Inspector'' * '' The Search for General Tso'' * '' Soul Food Junki ...
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2012 Films
2012 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, critics' lists of the best films of 2012, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and notable deaths. Most notably, Universal and Paramount, the two of America's oldest surviving film studios, celebrated their centennial anniversaries, marking the first time that two major film studios celebrate 100 years. The Dolby Atmos sound format was launched for the premiere of '' Brave''. The ''James Bond'' film series celebrated its 50th anniversary and released its 23rd film, '' Skyfall''. Six box-office blockbusters from previous years ('' Beauty and the Beast'', '' Monsters, Inc.'', '' Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace'', '' Titanic'', '' Raiders of the Lost Ark'', and '' Finding Nemo'') were re-released in 3D and IMAX. Also, the year marked the debut for high frame rate technology. The first film using 48 F.P.S., a higher frame rate than the film indus ...
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Documentary Films About Food And Drink
A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and Media studies, media analyst Bill Nichols (film critic), Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in terms of "a filmmaking practice, a cinematic tradition, and mode of audience reception [that remains] a practice without clear boundaries". Research into information gathering, as a behavior, and the sharing of knowledge, as a concept, has noted how documentary movies were preceded by the notable practice of documentary photography. This has involved the use of singular Photograph, photographs to detail the complex attributes of History, historical events and continues to a certain degree to this day, with an example being the War photography, conflict-related photography achieved by popular figures such as Mathew Brady during the Am ...
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Cuisine Of The Southern United States
The cuisine of the Southern United States encompasses diverse food traditions of several subregions, including Indigenous cuisine of the Americas, cuisine of Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands, Southeastern Native American tribes, Tidewater (region), Tidewater, Appalachian cuisine, Appalachian, Ozarks, Lowcountry cuisine, Lowcountry, Cajun cuisine, Cajun, Louisiana Creole cuisine, Creole, Soul food, African American cuisine and Floribbean, Spanish cuisine, Spanish, French cuisine, French, British cuisine, British, Ulster-Scots and German cuisine, German cuisine. In recent history, elements of Southern cuisine have spread to other parts of the United States, influencing other types of Cuisine of the United States, American cuisine. Many elements of Southern cooking—tomatoes, Squash (plant), squash, maize, corn (and its derivatives, such as hominy and grits), and Pit barbecue, deep-pit barbecuing—are borrowings from Indigenous peoples of the region (e.g., Cherokee ...
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American Documentary Films
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label that was previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams S ...
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