Michael Pollan
8 titles
Filmography
8 results

Food, Inc.
(2008)Farmers, scientists and health advocates show the harmful effects of how food production and delivery have been approached at the corporate level.

In Defense of Food
(2015)"Eat Food. Not Too Much. Mostly Plants." With those seven words, journalist Michael Pollan distills a career's worth of reporting into a prescription for reversing the damage being done to people's health by today's industrially-driven Western diet. Pollan offers a clear answer to one of the most urgent questions of our time: What should I eat to be healthy?

Fed Up
(2014)A documentary that looks at our common perceptions of food and exercise, knowledge that the food industry and the government know is misleading.

The Botany of Desire
(2009)This is an eye-opening exploration of the human relationship with the plant world, seen from the plants' point of view. Based on the book by Michael Pollan and narrated by Frances McDormand, see how four familiar species -- the apple, the tulip, marijuana and the potato -- evolved to satisfy our yearnings for sweetness, beauty, intoxication and control.

Food Evolution
(2017)Filmmaker Scott Hamilton Kennedy examines issues of food scarcity, the debate over GMOs, and potential solutions to the food crisis.

Fantastic Fungi
(2019)An enchanting exploration into the world of fungi, from their nutritional value to medicinal uses and their regenerative role for life on Earth.

King Corn
(2007)Engrossing and eye-opening, 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.

Time to Choose
(2015)Addresses the challenges and solutions to the global threat of climate change, leaving audiences understanding what is wrong and what can be done.