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 in communities of color. 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. Rated TV-PG. 63 minutes.
DTSTART:20130301T020000Z DTEND:20130301T020000Z DTSTAMP:20130619T193058 LAST-MODIFIED:20091112T011143Z LOCATION:East Palo Alto PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Film Screening: Soul Food Junkies TRANSP:OPAQUE UID:20130619T193058-1369753889-smcl.org X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: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 in communities of color. 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. Rated TV-PG. 63 minutes.