Dir. Robert Coe
2022 | 90 mins | Australia

SHOWING TIMES:

• Tue 24 Jan: 6.15pm + Intro
• Pullo Wine Tasting – SOLD OUT. Tickets still available for the screening of Blind Ambition.

Joseph, Marlvin, Pardon and Tinashe form a unlikely team of Zimbabwean refugees turned sommeliers, who turn the international wine establishment of privilege and tradition on its head in this inspiring documentary.

Having escaped starvation and tyranny in their homeland of Zimbabwe, the team of four have conquered the odds to become South Africa’s top wine tasters. Driven by relentless optimism, a passion for their craft and unshakeable national pride, they form Zimbabwe’s first ever wine tasting team and set their sights on the coveted title of ‘World Wine Tasting Champions’. From the moment they arrive in France to compete, this team of mavericks.

This full-bodied story is loaded with inspiration and leaves a long lasting satisfying taste well after the credits have rolled.

Wine Tasting Workshop – SOLD OUT 

Join us for an exclusive wine tasting workshop with Pullo after the screening. We open a range of bottles to explore a region, style or theme. We’ll introduce 5 wines, taste and chat about them together. Some cheese & snacks will be provided, too. The tasting will typically take about 1.5 hours. 

FOOD ON FILM: IN FOUR SEASONS

Discover a world of food on film with a compilation of documentaries, features and shorts from around the world, scheduled across four seasons.

Each season will explore food from a different social, cultural or political angle, to discover how it shapes the world around us – our identities, livelihoods and planet. Screenings will be accompanied by talks, workshops and events hosted by food researchers and producers, and there will be plenty of opportunities to get hands on with making and tasting.

Food on Film is delivered in partnership with Exeter Food: A University Research Network and the MA Food Studies.

The season is also delivered in conjunction with Exeter Phoenix Social [practice] programme.

For our full Food on Film programme, tap here >>

Social [practice] : Taste

Social [practice] offers an alternative platform for artists and creative producers to meet and make together in a series of hosted, hands- on projects. Along the way it aims to explore sharing, meeting & making, hosting, skill-exchanges and collaborative practice,often easing in with a sociable drink or two for good measure.

Winter // taste

In the winter season we look at taste – as a sense, a preference and an identity marker to explore the ways in which food and eating are not only sensory, but also social.

We start by navigating the rarefied world of fine wine – a drink often associated with high status and high incomes. The documentary Blind Ambition follows the trials and tribulations of a team of Zimbabwean sommeliers as they prepare to compete in the Olympics of the wine world for the first time.

Next we have the classic Japanese film Tampopo, which follows a single mother & ramen shop owner’s journey to make the tastiest bowl of noodles.

Our final film looks deeper into the life of the ramen bar with documentary Come Back Anytime. You’ll also have the chance to stimulate your own senses during the season with wine tasting, ramen noodle soup making and much more.

Also, take a look at our Social Vessel session, taking place as part of Exeter Phoenix Social [practice] programme, and make your own Ramen bowl.

VENUE: EXETER PHOENIX, STUDIO 74

*Subject to a £1.50 ticketing system charge. We don’t charge this to make a profit. Find out more >>