Mexican Cuisine In The Spotlight: Danny Trejo Narrated Documentary THE MICHOACAN FILE Highlights A World-Class Food Movement
A keen visual style and entertainingly informative history highlight classic, succulent Mexican cuisine in the new documentary feature, THE MICHOACAN FILE, directed by Bernardo Arsuaga. Diving into the origin, history, and global impact of Mexican food on modern society, THE MICHOACAN FILE features World-renowned culinary icons like Adrián Herrera,Rick Bayless, Albert Adrià, and Roberto Ruiz, with our gastronomical guide, the legendary actor and restaurateur Danny Trejo as narrator, this mouth-watering documentary is slated to screen as part of the renowned Newport Beach Film Festival on Saturday, October 14th at 4:30 p.m. PST at the Big Newport 6 Cinemas in Newport Beach CA, with the filmmaker in attendance.
The film is then slated for a Mexican premiere at the internationally respected Morelia Intl. Film Festival in Morelia MX, running October 20-29th, 2023.
Synopsis:
THE MICHOACAN FILE is a new documentary film that explains Mexican food’s origin, history, and impact on modern society. For over 300 years, Mexico was where European and Asian trade routes collided, leaving behind a vast and robust gastronomic culture with an enormous recipe repertoire. This explains why Mexican food is infinite in recipes, varieties, and flavors today.
In 2010, UNESCO designated Mexican food as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, and for the first time ever, a gastronomic culture was to be protected and elevated to the same level as art or science.
Exploring past and present and told from the point of view of culinary experts, anthropologists, and traditional cooks actively engaged in this debate, THE MICHOACAN FILE is a timely, culturally significant, and provocative documentary film that challenges and ultimately deconstructs what we understand about Mexican Food.
