Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy

    Genre
    Documentary
  • |
    • Runtime
    75 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    NR
  • |
    • Release Date
    2019
  • |
    • Countries
    United States, Mexico
  • |
    • Languages
    English
  • |
DIRECTED BY:
Elizabeth Carroll
WRITTEN BY:
Elizabeth Carroll
CAST INCLUDES:
José Andrés, Gabriela Camara, Diana Kennedy

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

Director/Writer Elizabeth Carroll cooks up "cinematic comfort food of the first order" (Variety) with this DocNYC and SXSW Official Selection, rated a spectacular 100% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. Featuring extensive interviews with Diana Kennedy and famed chefs José Andrés, Rick Bayless, Gabriela Camara and Alice Waters, Diana Kennedy provides an intimate look at the leading expert on Mexican cuisine. The author of nine acclaimed cookbooks and a two-time James Beard Award winner, Diana is called the “Julia Child of Mexico”, but the feisty cook prefers “The Mick Jagger of Mexican Cuisine”.

SYNOPSIS

Filmmaker Elizabeth Carroll examines the vibrant and unconventional life of Diana Kennedy, widely regarded as the world’s leading expert on Mexican cuisine.

Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy

    Genre
    Documentary
  • |
    • Runtime
    75 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    NR
  • |
    • Release Date
    2019
  • |
    • Countries
    United States, Mexico
  • |
    • Languages
    English
  • |
DIRECTED BY
Elizabeth Carroll
WRITTEN BY
Elizabeth Carroll
CAST INCLUDES
José Andrés, Gabriela Camara, Diana Kennedy
Director/Writer Elizabeth Carroll cooks up "cinematic comfort food of the first order" (Variety) with this DocNYC and SXSW Official Selection, rated a spectacular 100% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. Featuring extensive interviews with Diana Kennedy and famed chefs José Andrés, Rick Bayless, Gabriela Camara and Alice Waters, Diana Kennedy provides an intimate look at the leading expert on Mexican cuisine. The author of nine acclaimed cookbooks and a two-time James Beard Award winner, Diana is called the “Julia Child of Mexico”, but the feisty cook prefers “The Mick Jagger of Mexican Cuisine”.

Filmmaker Elizabeth Carroll examines the vibrant and unconventional life of Diana Kennedy, widely regarded as the world’s leading expert on Mexican cuisine.

FILMS YOU MIGHT LIKE

A unique film about food, society and culture on the island of Cuba from director Asori Soto
Cuban Food Stories
  • 2018
Alfonso Arau's Golden Globe and BAFTA nominated film is a delicious love story that intoxicates audiences with its magical realism.
Like Water for Chocolate
  • 1993
Follows the celebrated Chef David Kinch and his team from the 3 Star Michelin restaurant in a unique collaborative journey with 3 French chefs.
A Chef's Voyage
  • 2020
Sandra Nettelbeck's portrait of a headstrong chef whose solitary life is shaken when her sister's eight-year-old daughter arrives at her doorstep
Mostly Martha
  • 2002
Filmmaker Jason Wise delves into the wine world in his delicious documentary that follows four sommeliers.
Somm
  • 2012
President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives takes up the fight against the ravages of climate change, in this eye-opening portrait.
The Island President
  • 2011
Academy Award winner for Best Documentary. "It grabs you like a thriller with an ending that will haunt your dreams" (Rolling Stone).
An Inconvenient Truth
  • 2006
Director/Writer Ofir Raul Grazier's tender first feature that follows a German pastry maker on a journey to find his deceased lover's wife and son.
The Cakemaker
  • 2017
From director/writer Stanley Tucci. A Film Independent Spirit Award winner set in a 1950s New Jersey Italian restaurant.
Big Night
  • 1996
Academy Award nominated doc from Morgan Spurlock. "An anti-junk-food screed that manages to entertain even as it informs & alarms" (Washington Post)
Super Size Me
  • 2004
A humorous, emotional and enlightening look into the unimaginable world of coffee competitions
Barista
  • 2015