Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers (1980)
• October 12th, 1980 • 0h 51min
Documentary
Overview
A zesty paean of praise to the greater glories of garlic. This lip-smacking foray into the history, consumption, cultivation and culinary/curative powers of the stinking rose features chef Alice Waters of Chez Panisse, and a flavorful musical soundtrack. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 1999.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Hoop Dreams
Released on: 1994-09-12
Documentary
Every school day, African-American teenagers William Gates and Arthur Agee travel 90 minutes each wa...
The Town
Released on: 1944-01-01
Documentary
The Town was a short propaganda film produced by the Office of War Information in 1945. It presents ...
Primary
Released on: 1960-11-08
Documentary
Primary is a documentary film about the primary elections between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphre...
The Costume Designer
Released on: 1950-07-13
Documentary
This short focuses on the job of the costume designer in the production of motion pictures. The cost...
Sikkim
Released on: 1971-04-01
Documentary
Satyajit Ray's poetic documentary was commissioned by the Chogyal (King) of Sikkim at a time when he...
The Art Director
Released on: 1949-11-12
Documentary
A film's art director is in charge of the set, from conception to construction to furnishing. This s...
California's Golden Beginning
Released on: 1948-01-01
Documentary
A description and enactment of the discovery of gold by James Marshall, and the role played by John ...
Migration
Released on: 1969-01-01
Documentary
"Whereas SQUARE INCH FIELD was composed largely in the camera, Rimmer's next film, MIGRATION, made f...
Harlan County U.S.A.
Released on: 1977-01-23
Documentary
This film documents the coal miners' strike against the Brookside Mine of the Eastover Mining Compan...
The Sun's Gonna Shine
Released on: 1969-01-02
Documentary, Music
A lyrical recreation of Lightnin’ Hopkins’ decision at age eight to stop chopping cotton and start s...
Appointment in Tokyo
Released on: 1945-12-07
Documentary, War, History
Produced by the Army Pictorial Service, Signal Corps, with the cooperation of the Army Air Forces an...
Showman
Released on: 1963-01-02
Documentary
Albert and David Maysles (Gimme Shelter) directed this 53-minute documentary about movie tycoon Jose...
Permutations
Released on: 1968-12-21
Documentary
An experimental short film by John Whitney Sr. which combines animated shapes and colors; Computer g...
Scared Straight!
Released on: 1978-11-02
Documentary
The filmed depiction of a program where convicts tell troubled kids about the horrors of prison life...
Experiments in Motion Graphics
Released on: 1968-11-30
Documentary
John H. Whitney Sr. explains the graphic art potential of the computer and the methods and philosoph...
The Battle of Midway
Released on: 1942-09-14
Documentary, War
The Japanese attack on Midway in June 1942, filmed as it happened. Preserved by the Academy Film Ar...
Faces of November
Released on: 1964-08-27
Documentary
Robert Drew shows the sights and sounds from the funeral of President John F. Kennedy in November, 1...
Marjoe
Released on: 1972-07-24
Documentary
Part documentary, part expose, this film follows one-time child evangelist Marjoe Gortner on the "ch...
Burden of Dreams
Released on: 1982-10-01
Documentary
The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director We...
Hearts and Minds
Released on: 1974-12-20
Documentary, War
Many times during his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson said that ultimate victory in the Vietnam War de...