Knife Skills

Film viewing at the Grand Rapids Area Library with audience input & discussion following the film. Pizza served.

RSVP appreciated: [email protected] or call 218-999-5883

This meeting is free and open to the public.

Knife Skills follows the launch of a high class cuisine restaurant in Cleveland, staffed by men and women recently released from prison. It is a film about re-entry, second chances, and the healing power of fine food. Most have never cooked or served before, and have barely two months to learn their trade.

In this improbable setting, with its mouthwatering dishes and its French vocabulary, we discover the challenges of men and women finding their way after their release. We hear the life stories from three trainees, as well as the restaurant’s founder, who is dogged by his past.

They all have something to prove, and all struggle to launch new lives — an endeavor as pressured and perilous as the ambitious restaurant launch of which they are a part. www.filmsprout.org

Over 650,000 people are released from prison every year.