Michael Pollan
Nacimiento : 1955-02-06, Long Island, New York, USA
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Michael Pollan (born February 6, 1955) is an American author, journalist, activist, and professor of journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. A 2006 New York Times books review describes him as a "liberal foodie intellectual."
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Back in 2012 I had my very first Ayahuasca ceremony and, needless to say, I was terrified. But it ended up entirely changing my life and that of my future family. Which is why I decided to revisit the medicine in 2018, participating in three Ayahuasca ceremonies over the course of one week in Costa Rica, and document the process. In the film, we tackle my personal story of trying to build London Real into a global media and transformation company while also struggling with my own disconnection from friends, family and my own species. We also dive deep into the division and tribalism currently facing all of us around the world.
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Documental que narra las propiedades curativas de un hongo visto a través de los ojos de diversos expertos en la materia.
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As society tackles the problem of feeding our expanding population safely and sustainably, a schism has arisen between scientists and consumers, motivated by fear and distrust. Food Evolution, narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson, explores the polarized debate surrounding GMOs. Looking at the real-world application of food science in the past and present, the film argues for sound science and open-mindedness in a culture that increasingly shows resistance to both.
Narrator and Story Consultant
Apostar por la comida sana puede tener muchos beneficios y, la opción más saludable, pueden ser las dietas derivadas de nuestros antepasados, basadas en plantas. La dieta que la mayoría seguimos hoy en día es la 'dieta occidental', con mucha carne, harina blanca, aceites vegetales y azúcar; y muy poca fruta, verduras y granos integrales. Es barata, práctica y, en su mayoría, ha sido procesada para tener muy buen sabor potenciando el contenido en sal, azúcar y grasa. Nuestro consumo de azúcar actual es un mil por ciento superior al de hace 200 años. La tasa de obesidad infantil en los Estados Unidos se ha duplicado en 25 años. Cada vez hay más casos de diabetes tipo 2 en jóvenes. El azúcar está presente ahora en alimentos que nunca antes se habían endulzado, desde el pan hasta el ketchup y condimentos de toda clase.
Conductor
Apostar por la comida sana puede tener muchos beneficios y, la opción más saludable, pueden ser las dietas derivadas de nuestros antepasados, basadas en plantas. La dieta que la mayoría seguimos hoy en día es la 'dieta occidental', con mucha carne, harina blanca, aceites vegetales y azúcar; y muy poca fruta, verduras y granos integrales. Es barata, práctica y, en su mayoría, ha sido procesada para tener muy buen sabor potenciando el contenido en sal, azúcar y grasa. Nuestro consumo de azúcar actual es un mil por ciento superior al de hace 200 años. La tasa de obesidad infantil en los Estados Unidos se ha duplicado en 25 años. Cada vez hay más casos de diabetes tipo 2 en jóvenes. El azúcar está presente ahora en alimentos que nunca antes se habían endulzado, desde el pan hasta el ketchup y condimentos de toda clase.
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Academy Award® winning director Charles Ferguson's new film investigates global climate change villains and heroes, and reveals practical solutions to act on.
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Fed Up descubre un sucio secreto de la industria alimentaria estadounidense, muchos más de nosotros de lo que nadie se podría imaginar enferma por lo que comemos. La cineasta Stephanie Soechtig y la periodista de televisión Katie Couric nos llevan a través de esta potente exposición a descubrir por qué, a pesar de la atención mediática, la fascinación del público con la apariencia, y las políticas del gobierno para combatir la obesidad en los niños estadounidenses, estos niños ahora tienen una esperanza de vida más corta que la de sus padres.
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In 1923, Rudolf Steiner, an Austrian scientist, philosopher & social innovator, predicted that in 80 to 100 years honeybees would collapse. Now, beekeepers around the United States and around the world are reporting an incredible loss of honeybees, a phenomenon deemed "Colony Collapse Disorder." This "pandemic" is indicated by bees disappearing in mass numbers from their hives with no clear single explanation. The queen is there, honey is there, but the bees are gone. For the first time, in an alarming inquiry into the insights behind Steiner's prediction QUEEN OF THE SUN: What Are the Bees Telling Us? investigates the long-term causes behind the dire global bee crisis through the eyes of biodynamic beekeepers, commercial beekeepers, scientists and philosophers.
Bees have existed in the world for 150 million years. They are essential helpers for the growth of plants and crops that serve as food for other animals. During their development, people realized the importance of bees and have been involved in beekeeping since ancient times. Recently, however, bees have begun to die excessively for no apparent reason. The film addresses the dramatically deteriorating health of bee colonies and the unforeseeable consequences that bee mortality can have for our very existence. It seeks answers to the questions of what bees actually want to tell us and what significance bees have in the broader context of sustainability of life on Earth. To prevent such a catastrophe, our approach to beekeeping must be fundamentally changed. In this regard, the film offers many stimuli and inspiring examples from around the world.
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Featuring Michael Pollan and based on his best-selling book, this special takes viewers on an exploration of the human relationship with the plant world -- seen from the plants' point of view. Narrated by Frances McDormand, the program shows how four familiar species -- the apple, the tulip, marijuana and the potato -- evolved to satisfy our yearnings for sweetness, beauty, intoxication.
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Una ácida y crítica mirada a la industria alimentaria en Norteamérica.
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A fascinating look at how American agricultural policy and food culture developed in the 20th century, and how the California food movement rebelled against big agribusiness to launch the local organic food movement.
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King Corn is a fun and crusading journey into the digestive tract of our fast food nation where one ultra-industrial, pesticide-laden, heavily-subsidized commodity dominates the food pyramid from top to bottom – corn. Fueled by curiosity and a dash of naiveté, two college buddies return to their ancestral home of Greene, Iowa to figure out how a modest kernel conquered America. With the help of some real farmers, oodles of fertilizer and government aide, and some genetically modified seeds, the friends manage to grow one acre of corn. Along the way, they unlock the hilarious absurdities and scary but hidden truths about America’s modern food system in this engrossing and eye-opening documentary.
Every great cook secretly believes in the power of food. Alice Waters just believes this more than anybody else. She is certain that we are what we eat, and she has made it her mission in life to make sure that people eat beautifully. Waters is creating a food revolution, even if she has to do it one meal at a time.
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A sequel to the Academy Award-nominated documentary Food, Inc., described as a continuation of the original story.
