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Food Roots

Food Roots

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 19, 2023

Runtime

1h 0m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Food Roots

Director

Michele Josue

Description

Both moving family history and lively culinary adventure, Food Roots charts Chicago restaurant impresario Billy Dec’s journey to rediscover his Filipino heritage. After two of his family’s elders passed away on the same day in 2018, Dec set out to locate his grandmother’s last remaining sister in the Philippines and learn the culinary secrets of his ancestors.