“We Feed People,” a documentary about the humanitarianism and the life story of chef José Andrés, screened before a celebrity-filled audience at the National Portrait Gallery on Thursday.
The warm scent of chicken and chorizo simmering in a saffron and cumin broth wafted from outside the National Portrait Gallery Thursday night, as workers from José Andrés’s World Central Kitchen tended to a massive paella pan over an open flame.
Taking a break from his work in Ukraine, Andrès was in attendance at the Portrait Gallery . Other high-profile guests included Jeff Bezos, Sonia Sotomayor, and Nancy Pelosi. Yet it’s also a story that can’t be told without piecing together the personal story of Andrés—an immigrant who started with little and now toggles between helming some of DC’s buzziest restaurants and ladling soul-warming meals to people in dire need.
hat’s one reason Andrés said “yes” to Howard after turning down multiple offers from other documentarians interested in filming him. “It really is a small band of people that just dives into a location without any preconceived sense of how they’re going to pull it all together,” says Bernstein.The team always manages to make it work, developing recipes alongside locals to serve whatever the preferred comfort cuisine is—a point the film emphasizes, seemingly cognizant of the white savior critique sometimes leveled against Western aid groups.
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