Greenwich Entertainment Sets Table For Theatrical Release Of ‘Food And Country,’ From Director Laura Gabbert, Producer Ruth Reichl
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment has acquired North American rights to the documentary Food and Country, a collaboration between acclaimed best-selling author Ruth Reichl and award-winning director Laura Gabbert.
See the exclusive trailer below. The film, which premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, will begin its theatrical run on October 2 at IFC Center in New York.
Reichl, a chef and restaurant critic whose books include Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise and Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table, produced the documentary along with Gabbert, Caroline Libresco, Paula Perez Manzanedo, and Lisa Remington.
Gabbert’s directing credits include City of Gold, about the late food writer Jonathan Gold, and Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles about chef-restaurateur Yotam Ottolenghi. “In the throes of the pandemic, Reichl grew concerned about the fate of small farmers, ranchers, and chefs who were wrestling with both immediate and systemic challenges of a flawed food system,” notes a description of the film. “Reaching across geographic and cultural divides, she follows the unfolding stories of ranchers in Kansas and Georgia, farmers in Nebraska, Ohio, and the Bronx, a New England fisherman, and maverick chefs in big cities all fighting in different ways to survive an ever-consolidating food industry subsidized by long standing government policies.
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