The film directed by Vivian Sorenson and Jonathan Nastasi invites viewers to reevaluate the current American food system which has achieved massive scale, delivery of cheap calories to consumers and immense profits to mega corporations but at the expense of healthy food and sustainable practices.
Among the innovators in the film is Dune Lankard, an Eyak Athabaskan Native of the Eagle Clan who grew up in southcentral Alaska. Part of his work focuses on scaling up kelp harvesting off the Alaskan coast.
Chef, restaurateur and Food Network star Marc Murphy, who appears in the documentary, shows people how to incorporate kelp into recipes after learning of its healthful properties and remarkable sustainability. He first met director Vivian Sorenson when they worked at the Food Network.
Actor Nick Offerman, an Illinois native whose family background is in farming, participates in the documentary and serves as an executive producer.
Appropriately, there was an organic evolution to the documentary project, going back almost a decade.
Fork in the Road is screening today at the Skyfire Environmental Film Festival in Phoenix, AZ. It will also be playing in April at the RiverRrun International Film Festival in Winston-Salem, NC, the Julien Dubuque International Film Festival in Dubuque, IA, and the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival in California. Additional festivals are also on the schedule.
Source: deadline.com