INDIE LENS POP-UP & FOOD ROOTS SCREENING

On Saturday, May 16, Nashville PBS hosts an evening of film and conversation exploring the ways food connects us to family, culture, and community.

The centerpiece of the evening is Food Roots, in which Emmy Award-winning Chicago restaurateur Billy Dec travels to the Philippines, his mother’s native country, to learn recipes from his last living elders. What begins as a culinary journey becomes something far more personal: a reckoning with family history, cultural identity, and the stories that get passed down, or nearly lost, with every generation.

Another course features short films from The Grocery List Show, an Independent Lens series that visits international grocery stores across America and the multicultural communities they serve. Each episode follows host Chrissy Camba, former Top Chef contender, and her guests as they shop for ingredients, cook a favorite family recipe, and celebrate global food traditions over a shared meal. 

The program also includes the premiere of a new Nashville PBS short film about the International Market, a beloved local institution founded in 1975 by Win and Patti Myint that introduced generations of Nashvillians to Thai cuisine and became a cultural anchor on Belmont Boulevard. Their children Anna and Arnold Myint now carry that legacy forward at IM2, a Michelin-recognized, James Beard- celebrated restaurant just across the street from where it all began.

Food will be provided by Sunda New Asian. Following the screening, Billy Dec joins Nashville PBS President & CEO Becky Magura for a conversation about food, family, storytelling, and what it means to search for your roots.

This is a free event, but registration is required at https://wnpt-foodroots.eventbrite.com

WHAT: Indie Lens Pop-Up & Food Roots Screening presented by Nashville PBS
WHEN: Saturday, May 16, 6 – 8 p.m. 
WHERE: Studio A, Nashville PBS, 161 Rains Ave., Nashville TN 37203
COST: FREE, but RSVP is required at https://wnpt-foodroots.eventbrite.com