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This documentary offers and insightful look into both the light and dark sides of the food industry. It is easy as a consumer to not put much thought to where your food comes from, how it has been produced, elements of production, and how these factors have consequence to many aspects of your health.

Recently, a teacher friend of mine was admonished by the school's principal for negatively discussing McDonald's food items to her students, some of which are regularly fed McDonald's by their parents. I found the account of her story to be unfortunate on multiple levels, while also conceding to myself that her admonition by her supervisor was predictable. Very coincidentally, days later I had the privilege of watch Loreto Di Cesare's Revolution Food.

Di Cesare's film is life-affirming in the learning it provides the viewer. It does not spend its time scolding us and bullying us by bashing "bad food." Rather, it celebrates the joy, the science, and the wholesomeness that can be derived from understanding what it is that we can actively choose to put in our bodies. While many of us have had some awareness of these concepts before ever consuming this film, I found myself nearly rejoicing over the fact that it armed with me an understanding that I can take with me and continually appreciate repeatedly with every successive meal. We live in wonderful times as more and more great food becomes widely available, and we're shown an opportunity here to celebrate that as a community.

As a piece of filmmaking, Revolution Food is also technically excellent. It is as passionate in presenting an elevated viewing experience as it is in sharing its teachings. Visually and tonally, this wonderful documentary is a celebration of the progress readily available to us right now in our own lives, and a teaching tool offered not with judgement, but with passionate insight and an enthusiasm for what can be made a reality for all of us.