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Soul food junkies

Call Number

  • DVD 641.59296 S722 (CEN, EAS)

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Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Narrator, Byron Hurt.

Publication Information

[Boston] : PBS Distribution, 2013.

Physical Description

1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

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.

Notes

Title from container.

Originally produced as a documentary in 2012.

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