Fat Head (2009)

A comedian replies to the "Super Size Me" crowd by losing weight on a fast-food diet while demonstrating that almost everything you think you know about the obesity "epidemic" and healthy eating is wrong. (104 Minutes)


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Dirt: The Movie (2009)

A funny, thoughtful, and, um grounded look at the fundamental ingredient vital to everything that feeds us. DIRT takes you inside the wonders of the soil. It tells the story of Earth's most valuable and underappreciated source of fertility--from its miraculous beginning to its crippling degradation.  (86 Minutes)


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What's On Your Plate? (2009)

What’s On Your Plate? features two New York City middle school students, Sadie Rain Hope-Gund and Safiyah Kai Russell Riddle, taking viewers on a food tour that’s as entertaining as it is educational as they set out on a mission to figure out where their meals come from. (76 Minutes)



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Sugar The Bitter Truth (2009)

Robert H. Lustig, MD, UCSF Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology, explores the damage caused by sugary foods. He argues that fructose (too much) and fiber (not enough) appear to be cornerstones of the obesity epidemic through their effects on insulin. (90 Minutes)


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Chow Down (2009)

Root for Charles, John and Garnet as they try to buck the system of pills

and procedures and outfox their heart disease and diabetes.  When their

doctors inform them they can’t get better, our intrepid trio tells the

doctors to think again. Charles, John and Garnet decide to take on their

diseases by drastically changing their diets. We all know making

resolutions is easy; sticking to them is the hard part. With lighthearted

animation, piercing expert interviews and a feisty attitude, CHOW  DOWN is the moving story of the success you can achieve when you rewrite the recipe for a healthy life. (73 Minutes)

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Nourish: Food and Community (2009)

With beautiful visuals and inspiring stories, Nourish traces our relationship to food from a global perspective to personal action steps. Nourish illustrates how food connects to such issues as biodiversity, public health, climate change, and social justice. Hosted and narrated by actress Cameron Diaz, Nourish features interviews with best-selling author Michael Pollan, sustainable food advocate Anna Lappe, chef and author Bryant Terry, pediatrician Dr. Nadine Burke, and organic farmer Nigel Walker. Nourish celebrates the role of good food in creating a sustainable future. (50 Minutes)

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Breakthrough (2009)

Storm has been eating a raw vegan diet of fruits, nuts, seeds, and vegetables in their unheated state for over 30 years, and has become known among raw vegans for his body builder's physique. At 57 he is still youthful. Jinjee first started eating a raw vegan diet when she met Storm 12 years ago. Her before and after pictures show her transformation. The whole family is 100% raw vegan with no supplements or dehydrated foods. (73 Minutes)



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Ingredients (2009)

The local food movement takes root. American food is in a state of crisis. Health, food costs and our environment are all in jeopardy. A movement to put good food back on the table is emerging. What began 30 years ago with chefs demanding better flavor, has inspired consumers to seek relationships with nearby farmers. This is local food. (73 Minutes)


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We Are What We Eat (2009)

We Are What We Eat, is an attempt to show some of the characters and topics I've been accumulating in the process of making a film about agriculture. (15 Minutes)



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Fresh (2009)

FRESH celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. Each has witnessed the rapid transformation of our agriculture into an industrial model, and confronted the consequences: food contamination, environmental pollution, depletion of natural resources, and morbid obesity. Forging healthier, sustainable alternatives, they offer a practical vision for a future of our food and our planet. (72 Minutes)



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Processed People (2009)

The statistics are terrifying.

 Two hundred million Americans are overweight and 100 million are obese. More than 75 million Americans have high blood pressure. 24 million people are diabetic. Heart disease remains the No. 1 cause of death for men and women, followed by stroke and obesity-related cancers. Obesity is about to overtake tobacco as the No. 1 cause of preventable deaths in the United States.

60% of bankruptcies are caused by what has become known as “medical debt.”

Fast food, fast medicine, fast news and fast lives have turned many Americans into a sick, uninformed, indebted, “processed” people. 

Processed People features insightful interviews from nine preeminent health and environmental experts/advocates. They discuss how and why Americans got into this mess, and what we can do to break the “processed people” cycle. (40 Minutes)


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A Farm for the Future (2009)

Wildlife film maker Rebecca Hosking investigates how to transform her family's farm in Devon into a low energy farm for the future, and discovers that nature holds the key.
With her father close to retirement, Rebecca returns to her family's wildlife-friendly farm in Devon, to become the next generation to farm the land. But last year's high fuel prices were a wake-up call for Rebecca. Realising that all food production in the UK is completely dependent on abundant cheap fossil fuel, particularly oil, she sets out to discover just how secure this oil supply is. (49 Minutes)


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