The Art of sharing

 

short documentary - COMING TO FESTIVALS

 
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Synopsis

Follow Michelin-starred chef and artist Minh H. Phan as she explores the dual crises of food waste and hunger from a refugee’s perspective, creating an immersive art installation and culinary experience shaped through her residency with Food Forward. Through this collaboration, she uncovers how surplus food is rescued and redirected to communities in need, revealing the often unseen systems that bridge abundance and food insecurity.

Along the way, we meet the people at the heart of this food chain, farmers, distributors, and community members, as well as the organizations working to connect excess food with the communities that need it most.

The Art of Sharing is a powerful call to action, inviting viewers to rethink food systems and consider how abundance can be reclaimed, shared, and transformed into dignity, care, and connection.

“Food waste is food abundance through a different lens. Through this residency, I hope to ignite conversations, challenge perceptions, and share humanity, ancestral knowledge and trauma, and my very own story of being a refugee and my relationship with food and systems. I can’t imagine a better home and muse than Food Forward for my new body of work.” – Minh H Phan

SCREENINGS:

Prescott Film Festival: 7/17

DANCES WITH FILMS: 6/24 @ TCL Chinese Theater 6

New York City Independent Film Festival: 6/5

 



 

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  • The Art of Sharing
    A film by Serena Creative

    in partnership with Food Forward

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    Directed by
    Ric Serena 

    Produced by
    Nkemdilim Nwosu
    Jen Serena 
    Ric Serena 

    Featuring (in order of appearance)

    Rick Nahmias
    Minh H Phan
    Amir Zambrano
    Mily Treviño-Sauceda
    Fred Summers
    Phil McGrath
    Laura Avery
    Joan Hanawi
    Ali Stirland
    Carl Buratti
    Shirley Wainess
    Lupe Rodriguez
    Sheila Lewis-Thomas

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    Camera Operators

    Ric Serena
    Alexander Collins
    Eric Hernandez

    Drone Footage
    Jesse Gilbert
    Stan Gonzalez

    Location Sound 
    Stan Gonzalez
    Brian Linder
    Durand Trench 

    Still Photographer
    Jen Serena 

    Dirck Halstead/The Fall Of Saigon
    via Getty Images 

    Editor 
    Ric Serena

    Post-Production Sound 
    Durand Trench 

     

    Music 
    Paul Bessenbacher, Opus Orange

     

    Motion Picture Finishing by FotoKem

    Final Color - Rory Gordon 

    In House Producer - Max Straight


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    This film was made possible with the support of the NewFilmmakers Los Angeles New Narrative grant.





    Special Thanks to 

    Jessie Bruce

    Shawn Corrigan

    Anghel Decca

    Jason Fitzpatrick

    Mauricio Hoyos

    Laura Jellum

    Manny Sanchez

    Tom Vice

    Jake Zortman

    Alianza Nacional de Campesinas
    The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens 
    Ice Hat Creative
    LA City Council
    Underwood Farms
    WLCAC: Watts Labor Community Action Committee

    AND All of the generous staff and supporters of Food Forward