Observing Culinary Opulence: Frederick Wiseman’s Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros

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At the onset of Frederick Wiseman’s 2023 documentary Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros, three men sit around a table debating passionately about the ethics and implications of dressing a bed of blanched asparagus in a tart rhubarb glaze. In this nearly twenty minute long unbroken shot, the conversation is slowly revealed to be about far more …

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Pizza Night: An OSCA Documentary

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TO WATCH DOCUMENTARY, CLICK HERE Artist Statement On a cold, rainy day in March of 2024, members of Tank dining co-op– one of Oberlin College’s student dining cooperatives– erupted in a passionate discussion surrounding the ethicality of purchasing different fruits for the co-op. I have been a part of the Oberlin Student Cooperative Association (or, …

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