Bread (2014)
• March 1st, 2014 • 1h 57min
Documentary
Overview
A unique project, the popular science series "Bread" is shooting around the world, interviews with scientists and world-class experts. There are 4 series in the project: "Immortality", "Money", "Hunger" and "Gene". This is a story about how bread controlled the destinies of continents and empires, how the rise of some civilizations and the fall of others depended on it, how in different countries and at different times it performed the function of money. This is the first time such a complete study of bread and grain is being carried out on a television screen. The focus is on the most interesting events in the history of Russia, Italy, France, Germany, England, China, Egypt and other countries.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Searching for Skylab, America's Forgotten Triumph
Released on: 2019-02-08
Documentary, History, Family
The first American space station Skylab is found in pieces scattered in Western Australia. Putting t...
Once Upon a Time in Polizzi
Released on: 2005-10-11
Documentary
The film follows Vincent Schiavelli as he returns to Polizzi Generosa, the very town in Sicily his g...
Under The Shoreline
Released on:
Documentary
With rising sea levels, land reclamation runs rampant in Singapore. Labrador Park is one such waterf...
Kingdom of Saturn: Cassini's Epic Quest
Released on: 2017-01-01
Documentary
Before the joint NASA/ESA Cassini-Huygens mission, humanity only knew what had been learned, decades...
Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret
Released on: 2014-07-01
Documentary
Follow the shocking, yet humorous, journey of an aspiring environmentalist, as he daringly seeks to ...
Deconstructing Supper - Is Your Food Safe
Released on: 2002-01-01
Documentary
Deconstructing Supper is a ride every contemporary eater will want to take, a thought-provoking and ...
Solaride: Courage to Do the Impossible
Released on: 2024-03-04
Documentary
The Estonian national team is the first Baltic team to participate in the Bridgestone World Solar Ch...
Root of All Evil?
Released on: 2006-01-09
Documentary
In this two-part Channel 4 series, Professor Richard Dawkins challenges what he describes as 'a proc...
Cosmic Dawn
Released on: 2025-06-11
Documentary
For over three decades, NASA and an international team of scientists and engineers pushed the limits...
A Bunch of Melons Eating Shawarma
Released on: 2017-09-07
Comedy, Documentary
A short documentary concerning a group of friends who get together, eat shawarma and drink beer. The...
How To Smell A Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at his Farm in Normandy
Released on: 2014-08-31
Documentary
In the year 2000, Les Blank, along with co-filmmaker Gina Leibrecht, visited Richard Leacock (1921-2...
Bread: An Everyday Miracle
Released on: 2020-02-20
Documentary
The simple staple bread has become a branded product with an increasing number of varieties and prov...
Food Matters
Released on: 2010-10-08
Documentary
With nutritionally-depleted foods, chemical additives and our tendency to rely upon pharmaceutical d...
Food, Inc. 2
Released on: 2024-04-09
Documentary
Filmmakers Robert Kenner and Melissa Robledo reunite with investigative authors Michael Pollan and E...
The Organic Life
Released on: 2013-10-01
Documentary
Sweat, sun, rain, tears, and green thumbs are all part of the challenge for a young couple attemptin...
Picnic Days
Released on: 1935-07-25
Documentary
How to prepare the perfect picnic for the warm days that you spent outside. Learn here how to make y...
Food for Profit
Released on: 2024-02-26
Documentary
The film exposes the links between Agrifood and politics. With a pool of international experts it an...