CAFETERIA MAN

Special Pre-Festival Screening

CAFETERIA MAN (USA, 2011, 65 min.)

Tony Geraci, as food-service director for Baltimore’s public schools, embarked on an ambitious project: to “green” the lunches of the city’s 83,000 students by replacing pre-plated, processed foods with locally-grown, freshly prepared meals. A charismatic chef from New Orleans, Geraci describes himself as a “little bit lunch lady, a lot P.T. Barnum.” His bold vision includes school vegetable gardens, student-designed meals, meatless Mondays and nutrition education in the classroom. Over the course of two years, the film documents the efforts of parents, teachers, administrators, farmers, chefs and dozens of creative and motivated students to overhaul a dysfunctional nutritional system. Healthy food advocates Michael Pollan and Will Allen and First Lady Michelle Obama also make appearances. Viewers watch as inner city youth plant and harvest vegetables at the school system’s 33-acre teaching farm, witness what it takes to get local produce on school plates and watch as high school seniors develop practical job skills through a new citywide culinary vocational training program. Directed and produced by Richard Chisolm and Sheila Kinkade.

Introduced by Peter O’Brien, Executive Director, Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital. Discussion with Chef Geraci and filmmakers Richard Chisolm and Sheila Kinkade follows screening.

Ticket/Reservation Info:

FREE. General public seating first-come first-served. Students have priority seating. Registration is closed for student groups. Student groups who wish to join the waiting list or members of the public with questions please contact Maribel Guevara at 202-342-2564 or maribel@envirofilmfest.org.

Warner Theatre
513 13th St., NW (corner of 13th & E Sts., NW)
(Metro: Metro Center, 12th & F Sts. exit)