Wellesley Filmmaker Examines 'Apple Pushing' in NYC
Mary Mazzio presents her film “The Apple Pushers” at a film festival in Boston this weekend.
In New York City there is no shortage of street food. There’s everything from kabobs to hot dogs, sausages and chicken. Mostly, it’s delicious, but is any of it healthy? This is the question asked in Wellesley filmmaker Mary Mazzio’s documentary “The Apple Pushers,” which takes an active approach to the issue. Her film follows five street cart vendors taking part of New York City’s Green Cart Initiative, which offers fresh fruits and vegetables in New York’s low-income populations. These city areas – known as “food deserts” – have the least amount of access to healthy food. “They have all kinds of food but nothing healthy,” Mazzio said in a phone interview. She said a high-ranking health commissioner in New York calls them “food swamps” …
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