hungry filmmakers – Not Eating Out in New York

11 Jul 2011

From Homeland to Heartland: Support Mumford Farms, A Documentary on Food

by Cathy Erway | posted in: NYC Events, Profiles | 3

There’s a lot of excitement in the city, but sometimes you have to step back from it for a while to see the big picture behind the Big Apple. That’s what happened to Anna Mumford, who’s working on a documentary film, Mumford Farms, now in its final leg of fundraising. After working tirelessly for various food justice causes and filming urban farms, local food advocates and events, she took a stint on her family’s farm in Indiana, and came back … Read More

24 May 2010

Hungry Filmmakers III is Tonight

by Cathy Erway | posted in: Events, NYC Events | 2

Get ready to see the films, eat some local food and maybe be inspired to make either at tonight’s roundup of food documentaries, Hungry Filmmakers. It’s the third event for this series, where we invite the filmmakers, a distinguished moderator and the community to see a sampling of recent and upcoming films. Following a ten-minute screening of each one, a panel discussion will further explore the topics covered in them. We’re so proud that this time, the moderator for the … Read More

25 Feb 2010

Week of Eating In Day Two: Preparation Is Everything

by Cathy Erway | posted in: Events, Ruminations | 6

Let me confess: my first day of the Week of Eating In was actually Sunday, one day before it officially began. On that day, I managed to leaven two loaves of bread, which would later be baked, roast two trays full of root vegetables, which could be snacked on like popcorn or put into more formal preparations with a little warming up, simmer some tomato sauce from a can of whole plum, and make a pot of stock and some … Read More

23 Feb 2010

Hungry Filmmakers II Is Tonight

by Cathy Erway | posted in: Events, NYC Events | 5

flyer by Chow Ciao design We’re pleased to roll out the green carpet at Anthology Film Archives tonight, for the second installment of Hungry Filmmakers! The food documentary screening and discussion event is back, thanks to the enormous response we received to the first one. In all his years of hosting and having fun at food events, Jimmy Carbone, proprietor of Jimmy’s No. 43 and Hungry Filmmakers co-host along with Tim Lynch, Shelley Rogers and myself, has said that he … Read More

17 Nov 2009

See “Hungry Filmmakers” December 15

by Cathy Erway | posted in: Events, NYC Events | 12

For many folks, the kitchen is a creative outlet for expressing one’s belief in healthy, more sustainably grown food for all. For others, it might be the field, where they grow and harvest. Other movers and shakers in the food movement, as it were, publish books and articles, teach, or lecture the masses. But on December 15th, 2009, we’re celebrating a handful of filmmakers, whose documentary films vividly illustrate their unique and thought-provoking messages on many of today’s urgent food issues.