The Heat: A Kitchen (R)evolution (2018)

Directed by

Maya Gallus

Genre

documentary

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 12m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows several women chefs as they talk about their careers in the restaurant industry. They describe the sexist double standards that can sideline women or get them labeled as difficult for being ambitious.

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What happens

The Heat: A Kitchen (R)evolution is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Maya Gallus and released in 2018. The film profiles several women chefs, exploring the sexist double standards in the restaurant industry that get women sidelined, or stigmatized as "difficult", if they are as ambitious or assertive as their male peers. Chefs appearing in the film are Anne-Sophie Pic, Angela Hartnett, Anita Lo, Ivy Knight, Victoria Blamey, Amanda Cohen, Suzanne Barr and Charlotte Langley. The film premiered in April 2018 at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, and launched the prestigious Culinary Cinema programme at the 2019 Berlinale as well as other international film festival screenings before being broadcast by TVOntario. The film was nominated for the Donald Brittain Award for Best Social or Political Documentary Program, and John Minh Tran was nominated for Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Factual Series, at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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