<I>Garlic is as Good as Ten Mothers</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1980
name: label: Directed by
content: Les Blank, American, 1935 - 2013
label: Produced by
content: Flower Films, American, founded 1967
label: Owned by
content: D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
notes: label: Caption
content: This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.
label: Description
content: A documentary film with the title Garlic is as Good as Ten Mothers. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm acetate film with optical sound. Filmed at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in Gilroy, California, the documentary explores the history of garlic through interviews with chefs, historians and garlic lovers.
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place filmed
content: California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Documentary films
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Foodways
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: DC Public Library Film Collection
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Transferred from the DC Public Library
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.55.118.1a
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: color films (visual works)
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acetate film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 47 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 1700 Feet