Take Out, the new film by Sean Baker and Shih-Ching Tsou about an illegal Chinese immigrant scrambling to pay off his debt to the people who helped smuggle him into the US with tips from his delivery job, has extended its stay at Quad Cinemas after selling out last weekend.
The film opened to rave reviews from the Voice and the Times, but the most edu-taining take on Take Out comes from our friend Kerry Trueman at Eating Liberally.
As a former waitress and bartender (though one who’s biggest scramble was to make rent) I can’t wait to see this film, and I am to am loving all those “I’ll never tip poorly again!” reviews. Too often, laborers, from the ones who plant and harvest the veggies to the ones who plop your plate down, take a back seat to other aspects of sustainable food production. Tipping the take-out guy is a start, but to learn more about labor issues and immigration issues, check out the United Food and Commercial Workers’ International Union (UFCW), the Coalition for Immokalee Workers (CIW) and The Migrant Project.
We hear the film was shot on a budget of a few thousand dollars, so here’s to scrappy filmmakers serving up food for thought about social justice issues!
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1 Youth Radio // Aug 14, 2008 at 6:35 pm
Hi, you might want to check out our new video, “Thai is the New Latin Flavor,” about changing trends in take-out cuisine. Vote and comment if you have a minute!
http://current.com/items/89198765_thai_is_the_new_latin_flavor
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