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MV Film Society Doc Week - Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain

  • Martha's Vineyard Film Center 79 Beach Road Vineyard Haven, MA, 02568 United States (map)
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It’s not where you go. It’s what you leave behind . . . Chef, writer, adventurer, provocateur: Anthony Bourdain lived his life unabashedly. Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain is an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at how an anonymous chef became a world-renowned cultural icon. From Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville (20 Feet From Stardom, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?), this unflinching look at Bourdain reverberates with his presence, in his own voice and in the way he indelibly impacted the world around him.


Filmmaker Dawn Davis

Filmmaker Dawn Davis

Dawn Davis was appointed as editor-in-chief of Bon Appétit in fall 2020. In her role, Davis is responsible for the editorial vision of Bon Appétit and Condé Nast’s food brands Epicurious, Healthyish and Basically across digital, video, OTT, social and print platforms.

Davis, formerly vice president and publisher of 37 Ink, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, is an award-winning publisher and storytelling advocate who, for over two decades, has championed and elevated underrepresented voices. Her interest in food and restaurants also led her to write If You Can Stand the Heat: Tales from Chefs and Restauranteurs which profiled some of the most dynamic and prolific chefs of the time, including Edna Lewis, Bobby Flay, Anthony Bourdain, Michael McCarty, Patricia Williams and Linda Rodriguez.

She was named the 2019 Editor of the Year by Poets & Writers. A former board member of The Harlem School of the Arts and a graduate of Stanford University, she lives in New York City with her family.