
10 Billion: What's On Your Plate
2015

Representation Score
Limited
2017
TV-14Director
Johanna B. Kelly
Runtime
84 minutes
Average Rating
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The Gateway Bug deconstructs Western culinary norms by presenting entomophagy as a sophisticated global survival strategy. It moves away from Eurocentric dietary standards to validate diverse cultural practices as crucial for future food security. However, the film does not engage with identity-based storytelling. It lacks representation of LGBTQ+ identities, non-assuming gender matches what was assigned at birth narratives, and disability issues, focusing instead on ecological and nutritional science. Ultimately, the documentary serves as a cultural critique of systemic food structures rather than a study of individual identity politics.
Category Breakdown
The documentary focuses on nutritional science and global food security. It does not include any LGBTQ+ characters or stories about non-assuming gender matches what was assigned at birth identities.
The film presents a neutral portrayal focused on the expertise of researchers and practitioners. It avoids traditional gender stereotypes and does not challenge gender hierarchies.
The film highlights dietary practices from non-Western cultures. By emphasizing insect consumption, it challenges Eurocentric views of protein sources and supports Global South traditions.
The narrative challenges the industrial capitalist food system. It promotes a shift in eating habits aligned with anti-capitalist critiques and ecological ethics.
The film does not focus on physical or neurodivergent disabilities in its exploration of nutrition and food security.
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Limited or Absent
Official Synopsis
Over 2 billion people on earth eat insects for protein. The Gateway Bug explores how changing daily eating habits can feed humanity in an uncertain age, one meal at a time.

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