Screening of the documentary film Le ventre de l'école

Four years of research by two academics, a sociologist and an anthropologist, into French school canteens gave rise to the documentary "Le ventre de l'école" and the book "Les cuisines de la nation"DS Wildprject, 1925). They demonstrate how the industrialization of school catering has disqualified domestic cooking, that of women, canteen workers as well as housewives, in favor of a professional, technical, elitist and expert version of cooking, where human beings lose the meaning of their work. Just as the "green revolution" is destroying peasant agriculture, on-site kitchens in schools are disappearing in favor of industry. The very act of feeding and caring is being discredited in the process. Don't we need to invent new ways of connecting with the living world, of caring for humans and non-humans alike?

Le Ventre de l'école is a film directed by Geneviève ZOÏA, Laurent VISIER and Giacomo MARSI. Released on March 4, 2025.