Food traditions are hard to change, especially when they're passed on from generation to generation. In this PBS documentary, award-winning filmmaker Byron Hurt shares his journey to learn more about the African American Cuisine known a soul food.
Baffled by his dad's unwillingness to change his traditional soul food diet in the face of a health crisis, Hurt set out to learn more about this rich culinary tradition and its relevance to black cultural identity. He discovered that the love affair that his dad and his community have with soul food is deep-rooted, complex, and in some tragic cases, deadly.
The African American Cultural Center invites you to a screening of the film Soul Food Junkies on June 20, 2017 at 7:15 p.m. in Witherspoon Cinema followed by Q&A with the filmmaker. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. This event is free and open to the public and is presented in partnership with the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation.
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