Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken
Jaunty but thought-provoking.
Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken
In the 15 years since Super Size Me, the fast-food industry has undergone a makeover. Today, chain restaurants tout food that's "healthy," "organic," and "natural." Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock explores this new reality with an approach even more immersive and subversive than that used for his first film: he sets out to open his own chicken franchise. We follow him every step of the way, from raising poultry and conjuring recipes to designing the brand and scouting a location. Spurlock brings his disarming humor to uncover the truths and lies behind this multibillion-dollar industry.
Genre
Documentary,
Food,
Health
Runtime
93
Language
English
Director
Morgan Spurlock
FEATURED REVIEW
Jada Yuan, New York Magazine/Vulture
The heart of the movie, though, is Spurlock’s journey raising his own chickens in Alabama with the help of an affable, mustachioed, third-generation farmer named Jonathan Buttram. Spurlock goes to a hatchery to get a bunch of broilers, specifically bred to get so fat so fast their feathers, their ...
Played at
Lumiere Music Hall 9.06.19 - 9.19.19
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