world from those who overindulge, to people in Third World countries who have never consumed a pastry. The film documents the ingredients, creation of pastry, and the effects that pastry has—including obesity and diabetes—in several countries including Bangladesh, France, India, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Somalia, Turkey and the United States. The film has screened worldwide at several festivals, and features music from artists like Jenny Eloise Rieu, Ed Finney, Yasumi Miyazawa and Minoti Vaishnav. Krasilovsky is the author of Great Adaptations: Screenwriting and Global Storytelling (Routledge: New York/London, October 15, 2017) and co-author of Shooting Women: Behind the Camera, Around the World (Intellect Books / U. Chicago Press, 2015) with Harriet Margolis and Julia Stein. Krasilovsky is also the author of Women Behind the Camera: Conversations with Camerawomen and several articles that have appeared in Creative Screenwriting. She has also contributed chapters to the books The Search for Reality: The Art of Documentary Filmmaking (ed. Michael Tobias, Michael Wiese Productions, 1998) and Women and Poetry: Tips on Writing, Teaching and Publishing by Successful Women Poets (ed. Carol Smallwood, McFarland, January 2012). Krasilovsky is a member of the Writers Guild of America West. She is also a member of the Association of Women Directors, the International Documentary Association and Women in Film. Personal life Alexis Krasilovsky lives in Los Angeles and is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Cinema and Television Arts at California State University, Northridge, where she taught screenwriting and film studies. Filmography Let Them Eat Cake (2014 - Distributed through Amazon Video Direct and Rafael Film) - writer, producer and director Shooting Women (2008 – Distributed in North American through Women Make Movies and internationally through Cinephil) – writer, producer and director Some Women Writers Kill Themselves: Selected Videopoems & Poetry of Alexis Krasilovsky (2008) – writer, producer and director Women Behind the Camera (2007 – Distributed through Amazon Video Prime, Cinephil and Rafael Film) – writer, producer and director Epicenter U. (1995) - Krasilovsky, a California State University, Northridge Film Department professor, affected by the 1994 Northridge earthquake, responded with two films – writer, producer and director Earthquake Haggadah, narrated by Wanda Coleman, (1995), soundtrack aired on WBAI's "Arts Express" (New York) on 3 June 2015 - writer, producer and director What Memphis Needs (1991 – Distributed through Canyon Cinema Coop in 16mm and DVD and as part of the DVD, "Some Women Writers Kill Themselves") -