How DP Paul Mailman Photographed Cookbook Author Diana Kennedy for New Doc
Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorDiana Kennedy has been described as “the Mick Jagger” of Mexican food. Director Elizabeth Carroll makes her feature documentary debut with “Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy” (available on-demand) following the 97-year-old author, teacher and chef around Mexico, where Kennedy lives off the grid near Michoacan.The documentary opens with Kennedy telling Carroll and her DP Paul Mailman that she has “cooked my way through 80, 90 years of my life.” Viewers immediately get a sense of her feisty side before she starts to reminisce and tell her story.