Food Matters Film Series
In conjunction with its 2008-2009 Food Matters series, the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center presents the following films that examine and celebrate food, curated by D.J. Palladino.  All films are open to the public.

Fall Series: Food Glorious Food: A Global Diet

Monday, November 3 / 7:30 PM
The God of Cookery (Stephen Chow, 1996, 95 mins.)
MultiCultural Center Theater -- FREE
A Hong Kong food network star is disgraced but returns to glory in a comic version of Iron Chef crossed with the worst of all wuxia or martial arts films. A broad satire with a surprisingly tender heart, Stephen Chow’s Asian blockbuster film may change the way you wok forever.

Monday, November 24 / 7:30 PM
What’s Cooking? (Gurinder Chadha, 2000, 109 mins.)
MultiCultural Center Theater -- FREE
Four families, the Nguyens, the Avilas, the Williams and the Seeligs gather in West Los Angeles’ diverse Fairfax neighborhood for a Thanksgiving fraught with all the ingredients the season brings: regrets, recriminations and resentments. Gurinder Chadha’s film underscores the ties that drive us out into the streets for sweet common cause.

Monday, December 1 / 7:30 PM
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers (Les Blank) (Presented in Aromarama)
MultiCultural Center Theater -- FREE
The greatest movie about garlic ever made.

Winter Series:
Monday, February 2 / 7:30 PM
The Real Dirt on Farmer John
MultiCultural Center Theater -- FREE
The epic tale of a maverick Midwestern farmer.  An outcast in his community, Farmer John bravely stands amidst a failing economy, vicious rumors, and violence.  By melding the traditions of family farming with the power of art and free expression, this powerful story of transformation and renewal heralds a resurrection of farming in America.

Monday, March 2 / 7:30 PM
This is the LA River / Sustainable LA
MultiCultural Center Theater -- FREE
An evening of short films about urban agriculture.  The filmmaker, Paolo Davanzo, will be present.

Watch for the following events in spring term in the IV Theater:

Friday Apr 24 Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Friday May 8 An evening with Les Blank
Friday May 15 Ratatouille

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