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  • 2022
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 2022
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 1 h 25 m

Summary Dr. Nof Atamna-Ismaeel - the first Muslim Arab to win Israel's MasterChef - is on a quest to make social change through food. And so, she founded the A-sham Arabic Food Festival, where pairs of Arab and Jewish chefs collaborate on exotic dishes like kishek (a Syrian yogurt soup), and qatayef (a dessert typically served during Ramadan).

Directed By: Beth Elise Hawk

Written By: Beth Elise Hawk

  • 2022
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 2022
  • Cohen Media Group
  • 1 h 25 m

Breaking Bread

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Summary Dr. Nof Atamna-Ismaeel - the first Muslim Arab to win Israel's MasterChef - is on a quest to make social change through food. And so, she founded the A-sham Arabic Food Festival, where pairs of Arab and Jewish chefs collaborate on exotic dishes like kishek (a Syrian yogurt soup), and qatayef (a dessert typically served during Ramadan).

Directed By: Beth Elise Hawk

Written By: Beth Elise Hawk

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75
Feb 18, 2022
Whatever "Breaking Bread" lacks in artistic ambition, it makes up for with its good heart, sincere intentions, and, most importantly, all of those luscious images of food.
By Peter Sobczynski FULL REVIEW
70
Feb 3, 2022
It may not be so quixotic as to suggest the Middle East conflict could be resolved over a plate of creamy hummus, but the vibrant culinary documentary Breaking Bread nevertheless makes a mouthwatering case for dinner table diplomacy.
By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW
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Feb 7, 2022
By lovingly examining these dishes’ cultural underpinnings, Hawk serves up an insightful introduction to a food scene at the cross-section of political strife and culinary excellence — not a full meal, exactly, but an enticing appetizer.
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Feb 3, 2022
Writer/director/producer Beth Elise Hawk has approached her first documentary as an unabashed passion project. Her enthusiasm, and general sense of joy, shine through clearly from start to finish. Though she doesn’t dig deep enough to get us much past the elevator pitch, that pitch is pretty appealing.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
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Feb 3, 2022
A lot of the observations in “Breaking Bread” — the repeatedly offered notions that food is a common language or that politics has no place in the kitchen — seem trite and perhaps overly optimistic. The movie would ideally be shown with an accompanying tasting menu.
By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Gemini Girls Productions
Release Date Feb 4, 2022
Duration 1 h 25 m
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Tagline Hummus has no borders.
Website https://www.breakingbreadmovie.com/
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