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London Feeds Itself (U*) + Panel  

Eat The Screen

,Cinema 1
A woman stands in front of her house in a still from Feeding Lewisham

A selection of shorts curated in partnership with food writer and editor of London Feeds Itself Jonathan Nunn. 

There are two versions of London's food culture: the one of restaurant reviews; and the other, where Londoners usually eat.

London's vernacular food culture can often be found in its margins, in its outer areas and suburbs, spaces like shopping centres, caffs and markets, where Londoners eat, sell, produce and distribute food every day without fanfare.  

These spaces and people have often been documented on film – feature films, news reports, short films, or amateur videos. We provide a selection for you here, documenting how London has fed itself during the past 50 years – from the affect of development on allotments to the contemporary Latin American food scene at Elephant and Castle and passion for the beigels of the East End.

Followed by a discussion with food writer Jonathan Nunn, Deidre ‘Dee’ Woods, Valerie Rosa and Ruby Tandoh.

Tagged with: Cinema Eat The Screen

Total event running-time: 2hrs approx.  

With thanks to the BFI National TV Archive.

Programme

ÉLEFAN (UK 2022 Dir Daniel Díaz 27 min) 

E. Pellicci (UK 2016 Dir/Prod Simon Poon Tip, Camera/Edit Rick Stanton 4 min)

Feeding Lewisham: Foodbanks in Crisis (UK 2021 Dirs Cara Bowen, Tom Coleville, Dominic Soar 12 min)

This Was Forever (UK 2007 Dir Mark Aitkin 10 min)

 

Pie & Mash (UK 2016 Dir/Prod Simon Poon Tip, Camera/Stills Jake Green, Edit Jarrad Templeton 4 min)

Chicken (UK 2014 Dir Lindsay Knight 6 min)

Beigels Already (UK 1992 Dir Debbie Shuter 10 min)

Speakers

Valerie Rosa is the Migrant and Ethnic Business Organiser for the charity Latin Elephant, as well as a musician, interdisciplinary artist, and researcher.

Ruby Tandoh is a writer and author based in London. She has written for the New Yorker, Art Review and Vittles.

Deidre ‘Dee’ Woods is an award-winning cook, community food educator, urban agriculturalist, broadcaster, and researcher, with over 25 years’ experience of working in diverse communities. She is the co-founder of the Granville Community Kitchen in Kilburn. 

Jonathan Nunn is a food and city writer, and the founder of Vittles. 

Cinema 1

Location
Barbican Cinema 1 is located within the main Barbican building on Level -2. Head to Level G and walk towards the Lakeside Terrace where you’ll find stairs and lifts to take you down to the venue floor.   

Address
Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London
EC2Y 8DS

Public transport
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