City of Gold

City of Gold

Director: Laura Gabbert
Rated: M
Running Time: 91 minutes

Synopsis: City of Gold chronicles Pulitzer Prize-winning restaurant critic Jonathan Gold's relationship to his beloved and sprawling metropolis, Los Angeles. Gold has long been adored in his hometown for his cultural writing about LA's hidden culinary treasures. With a stroke of his pen, he's changed the lives of countless immigrant chefs, newly discovered by voracious foodies who avidly track his reviews. City of Gold explores the rigour, knowledge, and curiosity that make Gold's style of criticism internationally recognized. Mapping Los Angeles through his Odyssey-like quests for new food experiences, Jonathan Gold reveals a complex, paradoxical urban landscape that will surprise newcomers and locals alike.

Featuring celebrity chefs Roy Choi, David Chang, and Ludo Lefebvre, as well as the chefs and owners behind some of Gold's favourites, City of Gold offers the rare opportunity to discover the true Los Angeles through the eyes of its foremost cultural writer, and most loyal fan.

City of Gold
Release Date: February 8th, 2016