My Darling Supermarket

Brazil/Denmark | 2019 | Tali Yankelevich

A celebration of the essential workers who are grocery store employees, this new documentary (filmed before the pandemic) reveals the surprising joys, fears, and dreams of some of the colorful individuals who make the baked goods, drive the forklifts, stock the shelves, scan the merchandise, paint the signs, and patrol the aisles at a large supermercado in Sao Paolo, Brazil. “You’ll look at the guy behind the bakery counter differently the next time you do your shopping.” –Screen Int’l. Cleveland premiere. Subtitles. 80 min.

My Darling Supermarket, a Cinematheque streaming exclusive, can be viewed online from 2/26 thru at least 3/18 via the link below. Doing so supports the Cinematheque. Screening fee is $12 and you have 48 hours to watch it.  

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/mydarlingsupermarketoh