A movie about school lunch shot by Zachary Maxwell, an elementary school student in New York City, has become a hot topic in the United States.

"Yuck: A 4th Grader's Short Documentary About School Lunch" shot by Maxwell
"Yuck: A 4th Grader's Short Documentary About School Lunch" shot by Maxwell

The name of the movie Maxwell shot is "Yuck: A 4th Grader's Short Documentary About School Lunch". Maxwell made this movie because the school lunch menus posted online are all gorgeous and delicious, but the actual daily lunches are quite different. It is said that he made up his mind.

All the lunch menus that you can refer to online look delicious
All the lunch menus that you can refer to online look delicious

Maxwell sneaked a video camera into the school lunch canteen and continued shooting for six months. After that, I edited the material I shot with my dad and finished it as a documentary film.

Maxwell's camcorder
Maxwell's camcorder

The documentary film brilliantly depicts the gap between what adults claim to be and what students actually eat.

The actual situation of school lunch taken by Maxwell
The actual situation of school lunch taken by Maxwell




The documentary has won awards at various film festivals such as "KiDZ FiLMz 2013" and "2012 Brownfish Short Film Fstival".


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