FREE MOVIE IN A GARDEN hosted by Austin Eats and partners. Rain date is Thursday, July 28. This is an in person event only.

Join us for an award-winning film, food, fun, and freebies. Bring a friend and a blanket or chair. Cooking demos, free food, chef talks, garden tours, raffles and more.

Film is appropriate for adult and general audiences, including youth middle school and above.

FILM DESCRIPTION (52 min): Black food is American food. Chef and writer Stephen Satterfield traces the delicious, moving throughlines from Africa to Texas in this docuseries "High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America (2021)." We will watch episode 2 "The Rice Kingdom." In the Carolinas, Stephen looks at the human cost of rice and goes whole hog with Gullah chef BJ Dennis and those preserving Black culinary traditions.

Get free tickets: https://highonthehogatrosiesgarden.eventbrite.com

This event is part of Austin Eats, a collaborative working to rewrite the narrative around food in Chicago's Austin community. By synergizing organizations already promoting healthier food choices through grocery access, culinary entrepreneurship, food education, community gardens, and urban farms, Austin Eats will recreate Austin’s food access ecosystem.