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REEL FOOD

FREE/PAY WHAT YOU CAN

Filmmakers in attendance. Film program will be followed by Q&A.

Cinematic explorations of some the more delicious things of life.

 

In this program


COOK IT YOURSELF

Directed by: N.J. Nakamura | 4 mins

If you love eating Japanese food, why not make it yourself? From start to finish, a cooking class at the San Fernando Valley Japanese American Community Center makes a one-pot meal.

DUDE, WHERE’S MY DOUBLES?

Directed by: Kevin Ramlal | 17 mins

Two friends navigate Los Angeles’s expansive food scene in search of Doubles, a Trinidadian street food.

ROOTS + WINGS: PARISA PARNIAN

Directed by: Irene Yadao, Lisa Yadao, Michelle Sampior | 9 mins

Episode 3 of Roots & Wings features Parisa Parnian, an Iranian-American multi-disciplinary artist and culinary creative who uses food as a conduit for celebrating and sharing her heritage.

SAMEER AND THE GIANT SAMOSA

Directed by: Faroukh Virani | 6 mins

In this dark comedy from the director of VIMANA, a newlywed Indian couple’s diverging views on marriage and tradition give way to a surreal turn of events that reveals the groom’s true, hidden appetites.

Dates & Times

Past

Aratani Central Hall @ JANM

Sat, May 4
7:00 pm