Paczki: The Movie
For immigrant Polish families along the shores of Lake Erie, Mardi Gras was known by another name: Paczki Day, in honor of their fried, pre-Lenten, yeast donuts called paczki ('poonsh-kee'). Thanks to baker Tim Kiedrowski, the tradition is still alive, and it's Paczki time again in Lorain County, Ohio, a three-day celebration of family, friends, food, and fun.
This film is not really about donuts, but about family, about a remarkable couple who have raised their children with integrity, and respect, and love, who've applied those same principles in their working life to their extended family at the bakery, to their customers, and to the broader community in which they live. Family. Community. That's what, deep down, we long for, and that's the true heart of America. It may be harder to find, but it's not lost.