"Unearthing the Soul of Food" Film Premiere

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Digging Up the Roots
A Documentary by Chef Velvet Jacobs

What is the true soul of soul food?

Unearthing the Soul of Food is a powerful documentary that explores the cultural roots, health legacy, and future evolution of one of the most influential culinary traditions in America. Through the journey of award-winning vegan chef and filmmaker Velvet Jacobs, this film uncovers how food carries memory, resilience, identity, and healing across generations.

From ancestral kitchens to modern community gardens, the documentary traces the origins of soul food while reimagining it through a plant-based lens — not as a rejection of tradition, but as a reclamation of it.

Featuring cultural voices, community leaders, youth cooking programs, and intimate storytelling, this film challenges audiences to rethink what nourishment truly means. It asks:
Can we honor our history while transforming our health?
Can the roots of survival become seeds of liberation?

This is not a film about restriction.
It is a film about remembrance.
About digging deep enough to uncover the diamonds beneath our plates.

Through cinematic earth-toned visuals, personal testimony, and soulful culinary artistry, Unearthing the Soul of Food invites viewers into a conversation about culture, community, and the power of food to restore both body and spirit.

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