MARCELLA
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Dir. Peter Miller | Documentary | U.S.A. | 2024 | 1 hr. 37 min.
Followed by a discussion with director Peter Miller and film subject Giuliano Hazan
Marcella Hazan changed how we cook and experience Italian food. A disabled woman trained as a scientist, she had never cooked until she immigrated to the United States. But through her cookbooks and teaching—and an uncompromising commitment to Italian tradition—her impact has been felt in millions of American home kitchens. In this documentary, the story of her extraordinary life is interwoven with visits to chefs preparing some of her most famous recipes, and stories told by her husband and writing collaborator, Victor, her son Giuliano, and friends including the culinary stars Jacques Pépin, Danny Meyer, April Bloomfield, and Lidia Bastianich.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Peter Miller is an Emmy and Peabody award-winning director, producer, and writer whose documentaries include A.K.A. Doc Pomus; Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story; Sacco and Vanzetti;Bedlam; Robert Shaw: Man of Many Voices; the Oscar-shortlisted The Internationale; and the Mexican-American civil rights story A Class Apart, now being adapted as a feature film by Eva Longoria. He has also been a producer on numerous films directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. The Los Angeles Beat describes his filmmaking as “one of the preeminent bodies of work in current documentary cinema.”
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