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Format:
Video disc
Title:
A Place at the Table
Other title(s):
One Nation, Underfed
Uniform Title:
Place at the table (Motion picture : 2012)
ISBN:
9786315043444
Publication:
Los Angeles, California : Magnolia Home Entertainment, [2013]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
"Magnolia Pictures"--Opening screen.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2012.

Special features: Commentary with director Kristi Jacobson, director Lori Silverbush and Tom Colicchio; Deleted scenes; Deleted interviews; Cast & crew interviews; AXS TV: a look at A place at the table; A good day; A place at the table: the book; The full effect: Plum Organics mission to nourish children across America; Theatrical trailer; previews of other films.
Contents:
Collbran, CO -- Ashamed -- Subsidize -- Food desert -- Millions hungry -- Classroom inpact -- Child nutrition act -- Living hungry -- Food bank needs -- Cost of hunger -- Love hate relationship.
Summary:
Examines the issue of hunger in America and proposes new solutions to the problem.

Fifty million people in the U.S.-one in four children-don't know where their next meal is coming from, despite our having the means to provide nutritious, affordable food for all Americans. Directors Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush examine this issue through the lens of three people who are struggling with food insecurity: Barbie, a single Philadelphia mother who grew up in poverty and is trying to provide a better life for her two kids; Rosie, a Colorado fifth-grader who often has to depend on friends and neighbors to feed her and has trouble concentrating in school; and Tremonica, a Mississippi second-grader whose asthma and health issues are exacerbated by the largely empty calories her hardworking mother can afford. -- Container.
Reading Level:
MPAA rating: PG; for thematic elements and brief mild language.
Geographic Term:
Electronic Access:
Film's Web site
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