Dive!

The film Dive! Is an interesting look at the dichotomy between the excess of American's consumption of food and the scourge of hunger that still affects this country every day. Filmmaker Jeremy Seifert takes the viewer from dumpster fulls of what he considers perfectly good food, to food shelves that can't keep up with demand. The act of dumpster diving at first seems almost grotesque, but as the movie progresses you see how he chooses his garbage. The gag reflex in the back of your throat actually begins to relax. The incredible amount of waste, almost half of all food in America is thrown away, really does make dumpster diving almost acceptable, even reasonable. In addition to the facts and figures, dumpster diving and meals from said dives, there are the requisite attacks on Corporate America that every documentary in the last thirty years include. The filmmakers focus is Trader Joes but he never actually gets an interview with anyone in the company, so it's rather anti-climatic. Overall it's an interesting film worthy of the 52 minutes it takes to watch, but you may want to skip the popcorn for this one.