City of Gold

City of Gold

Discover the world. One meal at a time.

2016 · 96 min · ★ 6.3 · Documentary

As the unabashed cradle of Hollywood superficiality and smoggy urban sprawl, Los Angeles has long been condemned as a cultural wasteland. In the richly penetrating documentary odyssey City of Gold, Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic Jonathan Gold shows us another Los Angeles, where ethnic cooking is a kaleidoscopic portal to the mysteries of an unwieldy city and the soul of America.

Directed by Laura Gabbert · Written by Laura Gabbert

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