Garlic is as Good as Ten Mothers: Museum Object and Cultural History
Garlic is as Good as Ten Mothers: Date: 1980. Directed by: Les Blank, American, 1935 - 2013. Produced by: Flower Films, American, founded 1967.
The object in the museum catalogue
A documentary film with the title Garlic is as Good as Ten Mothers. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm acetate film with optical sound. Filmed at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in Gilroy, California, the documentary explores the history of garlic through interviews with chefs, historians and garlic lovers.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1980
- Directed by: Les Blank, American, 1935 - 2013
- Produced by: Flower Films, American, founded 1967
- Owned by: D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
- Type: sound films
- Type: color films (visual works)
- Type: 16mm (photographic film size)
- Medium: acetate film
- Dimensions: Duration: 47 Minutes
- Dimensions: Length (Film): 1700 Feet
- Place used: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Place filmed: California, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Cooking and dining
- Topic: Documentary films
- Topic: Film
- Topic: Foodways
- Object number: 2017.55.118.1a
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Transferred from the DC Public Library
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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