Real Bread Bakers: Bakers for Ukraine fundraiser
The Art and Politics of EatingZev Robinson's 2020 documentary Real Bread Bakers looks at how baking bread, community, nutrition, and agriculture are closely intertwined.
In order to raise funds for #bakersforUkraine, on March 29, 12:00 noon Eastern time, there will be a panel discussion about the documentary and issues it raises, as well as how the war in Ukraine, the breadbasket of Europe, will have numerous knock-on effects beyond the senseless loss of life and beyond the region itself.
Panelists include Andrew Whitley of Scotland the Bread https://scotlandthebread.org/, Dr. Nadezhda Savova-Grigorova of Bread House Networks https://www.breadhousesnetwork.org, Dr. Larysa Stepanova, Language Program director, Dept. of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures, OSU, speaks fluent Russian and Ukranian, and very knowledge about Ukranian food culture, Philip Kopatz of the Ohio State Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies and editor of "Ukraine Unlocked", a weekly newsletter about Ukraine, and a former Fulbright English teaching assistant in the Kharkiv region with knowledge of agriculture, and filmmaker Zev Robinson http://theartandpoliticsofeating.com/.
For a $3.00+ donation, the film can be seen beforehand here https://zevrobinson.gumroad.com/l/RealBreadBakersUkraine, proceeds going to the #BakersforUkraine fundraising efforts, and donors will be sent a link to the panel discussion before the event.
Funds raised through viewing Real Bread Bakers in association with our webinar panel discussion will be evenly distributed among the following organizations. Click each organization to learn more about what they are doing to help in the region.
The webinar event will be hosted by the Department of Comparative Studies at The Ohio State University and co-hosted by the Ohio State Center for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, in support of the global #bakersforUkraine fundraising effort. The panel moderator is food and environmental anthropologist, CS Academic Program Coordinator and Chapter Leader of Slow Food Columbus Dr. Mark Anthony Arceño. Please note: Automated live captioning will be available for our webinar panel discussion. If you require any additional accommodation to participate in this event, please contact Mark Anthony arceno.1@osu.edu. Requests made two weeks before the event will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the University will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.
Zev Robinson is a Canadian-British artist and filmmaker who has been making documentaries about food and related issues since 2008 as part of his art, film and food project The Art and Politics of Eating - http://theartandpoliticsofeating.com/
Zev Robinson's documentary about how bread, community, agriculture and nutrition are interconnected, with net proceeds going to Ukraine relief.