Kitchen Conversations is the newest documentary from Kalamazoo, MI, producer Dhera Strauss:
Professional women who have lived at least half a century invite us into their kitchens, where they each prepare a recipe that reminds them of their family. While rolling out pie dough, frying tempura, or assembling tamale pie, they reflect upon food, lives lived, and lessons learned.
Woven together by episodes in the making of fruitcake as well as by original music composed for the film, their stories illuminate such themes as thrift, real food, and the sensual pleasures of cooking. They remind us as well that our memories and our taste buds are often stirred together. As the stories and reflections build, an engaging portrait of a generation of women who launched their careers shortly after the rise of the feminist movement gradually takes shape. Length: 91:00
For recipes, you can either go to each participant's page or buy a booklet containing all the recipes from the documentary. You are also welcome to share your own family recipe.
PRODUCTION NOTES:
* Music by Susan Harrison; photos by Mary Whalen; graphic design by Amy Stermer.
* Kitchen Conversations is funded in part through the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo.
* In-kind support from Kalamazoo College.
* The premiere was on Friday, May 7, 2010, at WMU's Little Theatre, sponsored by the Kalamazoo Film Society.
Contact filmmaker Dhera Strauss.
