All in This Tea
Template:Use American English Template:Infobox film/short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". All in This Tea is a 2007 documentary film co-directed by Les Blank and Gina Leibrecht, about Chinese tea. It follows the American tea connoisseur David Lee Hoffman as he travels to remote tea-growing areas of China. Hoffman attempts to interest Chinese tea growers and distributors in fair trade issues, and explores the importance of terroir and organic growing methods in both the quality and future sustainability of the Chinese tea market.[1][2]
The film premiered at the San Francisco International Film Festival in 2007.[3]
Production
The documentary was filmed with a hand-held camera on digital video and is 70 minutes in length.
Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 83%, based on 12 reviews, with an average rating of 7/10.[4] As well as entertainment ratings, All in This Tea has been praised by some in the industry as well as some in academia. For example, Kim Stanton, of the University of North Texas Libraries, writing for the Educational Media Reviews Online writes that she "highly recommends" it for those with an interest in food studies, anthropology, business studies, environmental science and studies on modern China.[5] Les Blank and Gina Leibrecht are regularly praised for their passion on the subject.[6]
See also
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- 2007 documentary films
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- Chinese tea
- Documentary films about agriculture
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- 2000s English-language films
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