Film: Breaking Bread

Featuring Beth Elise Hawk By: Olivia Katz

If there ’ s something that brings people together, it’ s food. That was Beth Elise Hawk’ s exact mission when she decided to direct Breaking Bread. Breaking Bread is a 2019 film centered around bringing Jews and Arabs together through food. The movie follows pairings of Arab and Jewish chefs as they create culinary magic together.

Hawk first got her inspiration for this movie when she heard Masterchef winner Dr. Nof Atamna-Ismaeel on the radio. Atamna-Ismaeel was speaking about her mission to bring Jews and Arabs together through food. “I was very inspired by this potentially positive message coming out of the Middle East, ” Hawk commented. Since her favorite film subgenre is food, this idea was a story that Hawk needed to tell. She quickly found Atamna-Ismaeel on Facebook, and they soon got to work on what would become an insanely inspiring, positive story.

While we won ’t spoil the surprises of the movie for you, we will tell you why you should watch it. Obviously, if you ’ re a fan of anything food-related, this is the movie for you. If you ’ re a person who likes to travel or learn about new places, this is the movie for you. But the biggest reason you should watch this movie is because it brings people together. The story of this movie is all about unity and coming together despite differing opinions. Hawk herself recommends people “ ...take the time to see this and go have a meal together, ” even if they ’ re on opposing sides of politics. You might just find that you have more in common than you originally thought.

Breaking Bread is available for rent anywhere you stream your movies and to learn more about the film, you can visit: www.breakingbreadmovie.com