Food for Thought Presents Documentary "Food Fight" and Filmmaker Q&A, Nov. 27

Join us for the next Food for Thought Event:

Screening of the documentary film "Food Fight" and 

Q&A with Producer/Director Chris Taylor

Tuesday, November 27, 2012
4:00 p.m.
Roy G. Cullen Building, Room 104
Free and Open to the Public

About The Film:
FOOD FIGHT is a fascinating look at how American agricultural policy and food culture developed in the 20^th century, and how the California food movement has created a counter-revolution against big agribusiness.

About The Filmmaker:
Chris Taylor received a B.A. from Harvard University in Folklore and Mythology. After attending the American Film Institute in 1988, Chris began his career as a Director of Photography by working as a DP with such talented filmmakers as Gary Oldman, Johnny Depp, Tim Burton, Michael Lehmann, and others. In 2005, Chris co-founded Positively 25th Street, a production company dedicated to creating original documentary programming with social and cultural significance. His first project, FOOD FIGHT, was awarded the Audience Award for 2008 by the International Documentary Association.

Sponsored by the El Paso Corporation Lecture Series, the UH Center for Public History, and the Jack J. Valenti School of Communication. The talk is free and open to the public.  Parking is available in the Welcome Center Parking Garage located on Calhoun Drive near Entrance 1.

A campus map and directions can be found at: http://www.uh.edu/maps/#map-directions
For more information, contact Temple Northup at temple@uh.edu or Monica Perales at mperales3@uh.edu.