Here is a comment from a fellow filmmaker following our LA Premier at the Crest Theater:

What a great premiere!!! Congrats!!!
I was loving seeing how gorgeous the film
looked (and sounded) up there on that huge screen
last night!!! Whatever you shot it on combined
with the print or the whatever it was screening on
looked really really fabulous. I’m not just saying that.
The colors and the way people were shot really was
luscious and I enjoyed that so much on the big screen,
in addition to the awesome content of the movie, which of course I am already a fan of.

Alice Water’s purple shirt, the tangerines in the glass bowl next to Michael Polan, the way Polan was on camera left and Alice camera right, and all the Luques food making me drool and on and on luscious, luscious! The way Ron Kind was shot with his basketball, the moose heads in that
congressman’s office, all these lovely filmmaking choices along with all the great animation and all the excellent and varied characters and what you bring out of them to just enhance the powerful story and so important message. And then “the meat,” which to me is that graph of food prices dropping while crossing with the rise in health costs. LOVE IT ALL!!! : )

Filmmaking is such a rich and delicious medium and I love when great stories are told using the medium to the fullest as I feel “Food Fight” does.

But I forgot one thing… humor! I love that there is so much humor in “Food Fight.” Fun with a message inside!!!
That’s the ticket! : )

FOOD FIGHT will be having its Los Angeles Theatrical Debut at the Majestic Crest Theater in Westwood on Wednesday, March 24th, at 7:30 PM. In addition to the film screening, there will be a discussion panel afterwards featuring Russ Parsons from the LA Times, Evan Kleiman, chef and host of KCRW’s “Good Food” (and a local LA food rock star if there ever was one), director Chris Taylor, and organic farmer and food activist Thetis Sammons. Tickets are being sold in advance here.

We are screening as part of the “Something to Talk About” independent documentary film series that Brainstorm Media has created with support from Loyola Productions. Brainstorm head Meyer Schwartzstein has put together the program to engage Los Angeles audiences in constructive dialogues about how to positively change our society. Other film to follow in coming months include Revolution Green and House Quake.

FOOD FIGHT will be screening at Harvard, Amherst, and Cornell beginning Feb 16th. Please check the “Screenings” page for details.

FOOD FIGHT will be having its Theatrical Debut Wednesday, March 24th in Los Angeles as part of the “Something to Talk About” film series being held at the Crest Theatre in Westwood, CA. The film will screen at 7pm and a Q&A will be held after with Director Chris Taylor, LA Times Food Editor Russ Parsons, organic farmer Thetis Sammons, and one other food star to be named later this week. Further information to follow.

The good farmers and food lovers of Brainerd, Minnesota have invited us to screen FOOD FIGHT at the Franklin Art Center on Wednesday, January 20th. The screening will start at 6pm and be followed by a Q&A with farmer-activists Thetis Sammons and Joshua Anderson. Matt Annand of Prairie Bay will be bringing in food for a reception afterwards . The hosts for the event are our friends Alan Jabs, Crow Wing Co-op, and Farm of Plenty.

Happy New Year to all lovers of good healthy food and everyone who is motivated to fix our dysfunctional food system!

Our first screening event in the New Year will be at the Wild and Scenic Film Festival in Nevada City, CA–an incredibly beautiful town in Northeastern California. We will be screening at the Odd Fellows Hall on Saturday, January 16th at 8:30pm. Thetis Sammons and I will be there for a Q&A afterward.

There is good news for fans of FOOD FIGHT. We have won the “Best Documentary” Award at the Asheville Film Festival AND we have also won the “Audience Award” at the same festival. Those two awards are great honors for the film (and brings our Award total to 9 for the year).

And our first month of “theatrical screenings” in front of paying audiences has been a total success for us and for fans of healthy, nutritious, sustainable food. If you haven’t seen the film yet, we will most likely be coming to your town in the next 90 days.

FOOD FIGHT is also showing at JCCC’s Craig Auditorium in Overland Park, KS on Friday 11/13 – 3-6pm.

Here is the website for our hosts, the Kansas City Food Circle:

http://www.kcfoodcircle.org/calendar.php

FOOD FIGHT will be screening at Liberty Hall in Lawrence, Kansas on Thursday, Nov. 12th. Our host will be Alan Rhodes, a local organic grower. Panel Discussion to Follow with Filmmaker Chris Taylor, Dan Nagangast of Kansas Rural Center and more! The Merc will have a table featuring local favorites and Local Burger will be there offering samples. COME SEE WHAT THE FIGHT IS ABOUT!

We will be screening FOOD FIGHT with our friends at the Oakland Food Connection at 4173 Macarthur Blvd in Oakland on Wednesday Oct 21st. We are big fans of Jason Harvey and the work he is doing to bring healthy nutritious foods to neighborhoods in Oakland and to promote connections between people and the planet. Jason deserves our support and we urge all Bay Area food- and food politics- lovers to come to the screening. Poster is below with more details.