Shelf Life
What is it about cheese that has so many of us drooling in anticipation of its flavors? Why do even vegans attempt to emulate the elusive feel and flavor of cheese? In Ian Cheney’s (Arc of Oblivion, DocLands 2023) captivating and immersive culinary experience, cheesemakers, cheese mongers, cheese microbiologists, and yes, cheese librarians, tickle our fancy and nurture us with all the myths and facts surrounding a most beloved, yet mysterious food. Through delightful and illuminating conversations that flow with bona fide knowledge from Japan to Tbilisi and buoyed by a soaring soundtrack, this magnificent film leads the curious on a peripatetic journey where they're greeted wholeheartedly by world cheese experts. How they ask, is it even food?
SHELF LIFE Wine & Cheese Tasting Reception
Join us in the Mark Fishkin Room (MFR) at the Smith Rafael Film Center for a delightful cheese and wine tasting with Tomales Farmstead Creamery. Mingle with fellow film lovers as you enjoy delicious pairings and continue the conversation following the screening. Savor the moment…
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Ian Cheney
Ian Cheney
IAN CHENEY is an Emmy-nominated and Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker. He has completed 12 feature documentaries, including King Corn (2007), The Greening of Southie (2008), The City Dark (2011), The Search for General Tso (2014), Bluespace (2015), The Most Unknown (2018), The Emoji Story (2019), Thirteen Ways (2019), Picture a Scientist (2020), The Long Coast (2020) and The Arc of Oblivion(2023). His short films include Two Buckets (2006), Truck Farm (2010), The Melungeons (2013), The Smog of the Sea (2016) and The Measure of a Fog (2017).
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