We Feed People

We Feed People is a 2022 American documentary film directed by Ron Howard that chronicles how chef José Andrés and his nonprofit World Central Kitchen (WCK) rebuild nations in the wake of disaster, providing food to those affected.

The film features archive footage from the 2017 disaster in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, along with clips of President Trump, one of whom is doing his infamous tossing of paper towels while Andrés and his team are on the ground working to the point of physical and mental exhaustion.

From further back in the archives, President Clinton is shown giving Andrés a shout-out after signing the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Act of 1996, which shields food donors from civil and criminal liability.

[3] We Feed People had its world premiere in Austin, Texas, at the SXSW Film Festival,[4] and was released in select theaters throughout the U.S., including the SVA Theater in Manhattan, New York, on May 3, 2022, where many dignitaries, including Hillary Clinton with her daughter Chelsea Clinton, actors Drew Barrymore, Richard Gere, Steve Buscemi, and Liev Schreiber, and comedian Stephen Colbert attended.

In The Wall Street Journal, John Anderson writes, "Alternately inspiring and dismaying, the movie is also informative, engaging and reads like an application for the Nobel Peace Prize.

"[7] Glenn Kenny, critic for the film review website RogerEbert.com noted that "It’s refreshing to see an account of a famous food guy who doesn’t wallow in his own character defects.