Saturday, April 18th

FOOD FIGHT

A STORY OF CULINARY REVOLT

A FEATURE DOCUMENTARY BY CHRIS TAYLOR (83 MIN.)

In 1971, Alice Waters opened Chez Panisse as a meeting place for friends and anti-War activists, as well as poets, musician, artists, and intellectuals from nearby U.C. Berkeley. No one knew that within five years, the restaurant would become the most influential restaurant in America or that in ten years that influence would be global.

In starting Chez Panisse, Alice sought to re-introduce pleasure to a food scene that was lacking that most fundamental quality. She quickly realized that the key to great taste was properly-grown, fresh ingredients, and soon she was hunting them down. That search for taste has not only changed American cuisine, it is still to this day, changing American agriculture. At the time there was no local farm infrastructure in place to sell local fresh produce directly to the restaurant. Alice found a few remaining small farmers in the Bay Area, and some local backyard growers found Alice. By fostering them and their products, she grew and nurtured an alternative to the industrial food paradigm, which had leached flavor out of produce. This key action coincided with vital legislation in 1975 that allowed direct farm-to-consumer sales, and Farmers Markets began to spring up throughout California, providing consumers (not just Chez Panisse) with access to healthy, delicious, well-grown produce. Alice and her partner and chef Jeremiah Tower took the revolution one step further by naming their farmer/suppliers on the Chez Panisse menu, Alice and Jeremiah allowed the fame of the restaurant to shine a light on those farmers who were growing local, organic, sustainable produce. By virtue of this endorsement, a delicious revolution was launched.

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The Woods Hole Film Festival wants to hear your stories about bridges.

On Thursday, July 30, 2009 the we will host Woods Hole Abridged featuring film, photos, music, art and spoken word impressions of the Woods Hole or other bridge projects that have had a signficant impact on a community. The project will be curated by the Woods Hole Film Festival as a part of the 18th Woods Hole Film Festival. For more information, please contact us at info at woodsholefilmfestival.org.

ANNOUNCING THE 2008 AWARD WINNERS

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CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE 2008 WINNERS

WHFF 2008 FILMS IN THEATERS NATIONWIDE

FLOW: FOR LOVE OF WATER

GREETINGS FROM THE SHORE

MOVING MIDWAY

SECRECY

WHFF 2008 FILMS ON TELEVISION

THE POWDER & THE GLORY (PBS)

THEY KILLED SISTER DOROTHY (HBO)

TRACES OF THE TRADE (POV)

SIZZLE: A GLOBAL WARMING COMEDY

Meet the Director, Randy Olson as he talks about the film!

SIZZLE receives a sizzling review in Variety - read it here.

Photos from WHFF 2007

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