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
The God of Ramen
Released on: 2013-06-08
Documentary
Every day, people would queue for over two hours for a bowl of ramen. What’s the celebrated chef’s s...
Eating
Released on: 2004-05-14
Documentary
Eating, 2nd Edition: Introducing The RAVE Diet presents graphic evidence of how animal foods are not...
The Venom Interviews
Released on: 2016-01-10
Documentary
A crash course in the professional and scientific work related to the field of venomous herpetology....
A Love Letter to Coopers Cafe
Released on:
Documentary
During the summer of 2023, my father decided to hang up the boots and walk away from the family busi...
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...
The Conquest of Light
Released on: 1960-08-13
Documentary
The film discusses the evolution and potential of using light waves, particularly coherent light, fo...
James Beard: America's First Foodie
Released on: 2017-04-23
Documentary
Food in the 21st century has become much more than “meat and potatoes” and canned soup casseroles.” ...
Philoxenia
Released on: 2021-03-14
Documentary
Philoxenia is a short documentary highlighting the synergy between the Greek notion of philoxenia ("...
The Sun: Inferno in the Sky
Released on: 2018-01-01
Documentary
Explore the sun’s powerful storms, its impact on Earth, and groundbreaking research shaping our unde...
The Game Changers
Released on: 2019-09-16
Documentary
From the UFC Octagon in Las Vegas and the anthropology lab at Dartmouth, to a strongman gym in Berli...
Ramen Heads
Released on: 2017-11-15
Documentary
In Ramen Heads, Osamu Tomita, Japan's reigning king of ramen, takes us deep into his world, revealin...
Food Matters
Released on: 2010-10-08
Documentary
With nutritionally-depleted foods, chemical additives and our tendency to rely upon pharmaceutical d...
The Nervous System
Released on: 1937-06-15
Documentary
An educational film about the nervous system produced by Encyclopædia Britannica Films, an education...
The Frog
Released on: 1931-02-24
Documentary
An educational film about frogs produced by Encyclopædia Britannica Films, an educational film produ...
Infusion
Released on: 2010-01-01
Documentary
In Acadie, the only “real” tea is King Cole, blended in New Brunswick for the past 100 years. Tradit...
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 ...
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...
Don't Feed the Seagull
Released on: 2024-08-30
Documentary
Short portrait of a hungry seagull outside a sausage stand.