Dyson College of Arts and Sciences

W W W. P A C E . E D U / D Y S O N 23 On May 8, 2023, Pace's award-winning documentary film team—PaceDocs—premiered For the Love of Food: Pour l'amour de la cuisine, which focuses on the slow food movement that began in Europe during the 1980s to preserve the culture of eating locally and combating the popularization of fast food. As pa of the making of this film, Co-producers Professor Maria Luskay, EdD, and Clinical Assistant Professor Lou Guarneri, MFA, as well as Pace University's student documentary team, traveled across France and New York to converse with farmers, chefs, and restaurateurs who have dedicated their lives to making slow food a reality in a fast-paced world. For the Love of Food continues PaceDocs's notable legacy of producing documentaries that highlight crucial environmental issues, this time exploring the guiding principles of good, clean, and fair—and why that is a healthy recipe for a sustainable future. The locations visited spanned from family-owned farms and markets in the Laon and Lorraine countryside of France, to beautiful restaurants in the hea of Paris, all the way back to a farm-to-fork eatery in Westchester, New York. The film also continues a proud tradition of producing high-quality, meaningful, and award-winning films and is a prime example of experiential learning at Pace. A mix of undergraduate and graduate- level students with varying academic focuses, experiences, and skillsets who are enrolled in the Producing the Documentary class collaborate to complete a full-length environmentally themed film within 14 weeks. During the process, they also learn teamwork, problem solving, research, and organization along with technical skills such as lighting, sound, camera work, interviewing, and other real-life proficiencies. PaceDocs's For the Love of Food : An Education in Culinary Ethos The PaceDocs team at the premier of For the Love of Food: Pour l'amour de la cuisine at the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville.

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