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Soul food junkies

Title
  1. Soul food junkies/ directed by Byron Hurt.
Published by
  1. [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS : Distributed by PBS Distribution, 2013.

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Additional authors
  1. Hurt, Byron, 1970-
  2. Bostic, Kathryn
  3. God Bless the Child Productions
  4. Independent Television Service
  5. National Black Programming Consortium
  6. Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
  7. PBS Distribution (Firm)
Description
  1. 1 videodisc (63 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  1. 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.
Subject
  1. Documentary films
  2. African Americans > Food
  3. Nonfiction films
  4. African American cooking
  5. African Americans > Social life and customs
  6. Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  7. Feature films
  8. Food habits > United States
  9. Food preferences > United States
  10. Food > Social aspects > United States
Genre/Form
  1. Documentary films.
  2. Nonfiction films.
  3. Feature films.
  4. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Call number
  1. Sc Visual DVD-1544
Note
  1. Originally produced as a documentary film in 2012.
Credits (note)
  1. Screenwriter, Byron Hurt ; producer, Byron Hurt ; editor, Sonia Gonzalez-Martinez ; composer, Kathryn Bostic ; a co-production of God Bless the Child Productions and Independent Television Service (ITVS) in association with National Black Programming Consortium ; a film by Byron Hurt.
Performer (note)
  1. Narrator, Byron Hurt.
Audience (note)
  1. TV parental guidelines rating: Not rated.
System details (note)
  1. DVD; NTSC, Region 1; widescreen presentation; stereo.
  2. DVD.
Language (note)
  1. Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Awards (note)
  1. Winner, Best Documentary, 2012 American Black Film Festival ; Winner, Best Documentary Feature, 2012 Urbanworld Film Festival.
Title
  1. Soul food junkies/ directed by Byron Hurt.
Imprint
  1. [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS : Distributed by PBS Distribution, 2013.
Country of producing entity
  1. United States.
Type of content
  1. two-dimensional moving image
Type of medium
  1. video
Type of carrier
  1. videodisc
System details
  1. DVD; NTSC, Region 1; widescreen presentation; stereo.
Performer
  1. Narrator, Byron Hurt.
Credits
  1. Screenwriter, Byron Hurt ; producer, Byron Hurt ; editor, Sonia Gonzalez-Martinez ; composer, Kathryn Bostic ; a co-production of God Bless the Child Productions and Independent Television Service (ITVS) in association with National Black Programming Consortium ; a film by Byron Hurt.
Audience
  1. TV parental guidelines rating: Not rated.
Language
  1. Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Awards
  1. Winner, Best Documentary, 2012 American Black Film Festival ; Winner, Best Documentary Feature, 2012 Urbanworld Film Festival.
System details
  1. DVD.
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Added author
  1. Hurt, Byron, 1970- film director, film producer, screenwriter.
  2. Bostic, Kathryn.
  3. God Bless the Child Productions.
  4. Independent Television Service.
  5. National Black Programming Consortium.
  6. Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
  7. PBS Distribution (Firm)
Other standard identifier
  1. 841887018548
Publisher no.
  1. INL61405 PBS
ISBN
  1. 9781608838516
Research call number
  1. Sc Visual DVD-1544
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