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A PLACE AT THE TABLE

By Kristi JACOBSON, Lori SILVERBUSH

CINEPHIL - as SALES All rights, World

Documentary - Completed 2012

Around 49 million Americans struggle with the problem of not knowing where their next meal is going to come from. The stories of three people from Colorado, Pennsylvania and Mississippi shed light on the underlying causes of this huge problem.

- Year of production
- 2012
- Genres
- Documentary
- Countries
- USA
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Duration
- 84 mn
- Director(s)
- Kristi JACOBSON, Lori SILVERBUSH
- ISAN
- 0000-0003-6E7E-0000-4-0000-0000-P
- EIDR
- 10.5240/F4A8-2F65-51E6-7F13-E56B-D
- Producer(s)
- Julie GOLDMAN, Kristi JACOBSON, Lori SILVERBUSH
- Synopsis
- Around 49 million Americans struggle with the problem of not knowing where their next meal is going to come from. The stories of three people from Colorado, Pennsylvania and Mississippi shed light on the underlying causes of this huge problem. Rosie is so hungry that she can’t concentrate on schoolwork. Young Tremonica is severely overweight and suffering from asthma because of the cheap high-calorie food she gets at home - but it’s the only food her mother can afford. And Barbie, a single mother of two, struggles to get nourishing food for her young ones. Fresh products are very expensive - especially if you’re trying to survive on minimum wage or food stamps - but in some areas of the United States, they’re not even available if you have the money to pay for them. Take Barbie, for example: she has to travel a full hour to buy fruits and vegetables. Politicians have been condemning hunger since the 1970s, but the figures have kept rising all the while. As we watch the detrimental impact of malnutrition on the physical and mental development of Rosie, Tremonica and Barbie’s children, the film highlights various social, economic and cultural causes. They range from the subsidy system for food production (84 percent goes to soya beans, corn, cotton, cereals and rice, while only one percent goes to fruits and vegetables) to the emphasis on individual responsibility and private assistance.