Hard to Swallow
Essayistic and reflexive, the Hard to Swallow series recounts Nigerian chef Tunde Wey’s explosive career while building a critique of the social structures that disenfranchise Black peoples globally.
Traveling across the United States, Tunde investigates the ways food culture is shaped by race and class. Through unsparing interviews, poetic narration, and reflections on the filmmaking process, Tunde calls out individuals, systems and himself, prompting viewers to rethink their own position in system inequality.
Unlike any food show before, and despite the chef's exceptional taste, this show may be...Hard to Swallow.
The Hard to Swallow series includes the following titles:
Hard to Swallow, Episode 1: THIS IS BLACK PEOPLE’S SHIT (Pilot)Tunde reflects on the erasure of Black chefs from New Orleans’ food culture even as tourism and hospitality hold up the city’s economy.
Hard to Swallow, Episode 2: There is No Authority without HypocrisyTunde visits Chef Syrena Johnson and revisits his conversation with the journalist, reflecting further on the first episode’s interwoven storylines.
Hard to Swallow, Episode 3: A Great White HopeTunde visits two of Detroit’s mayors: Dennis Archer, who blames Detroit’s collapse on his notorious successor Kwame Kilpatrick; and Mike Duggan, the first white mayor in fifty years.
Hard to Swallow, Episode 4: They're Not the Oscar CommitteeTunde’s Nigerian food pop-ups in Detroit marked his professional entry into cooking, which coincided with leaving his restaurant, (revolver), after a dispute with his partner.
Hard to Swallow, Episode 5: Honey, It's Probably a PornoTunde catches up with a vendor from the St. Roch Market, whose successful juice stand blossomed into several locations.
Hard to Swallow, Episode 6: You're in the Show NowThe season finale of Hard To Swallow centers on an allegation of racism at the show’s world premiere in Cannes.
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