New Film Reveals Everything You Think You Know About Hunger is Probably Wrong Andri Antoniades - TakePart
go to original March 3, 2013

A Place at the Table shows us how hunger poses serious economic, social and cultural implications for our nation, and that it could be solved once and for all. (takepart)

For decades, American mythology has dictated that if you don’t have enough food to eat, it’s because you’re not working hard enough. But for 50 million Americans - that’s one in five people - food insecurity has become an ever-present fact of life, making it clear that hunger is no longer an issue that can be shrugged off as the simple effect of idleness.

With skyrocketing unemployment, a minimum wage that’s far below a livable wage, and government subsidies that render only the least nutritious foods affordable, it’s no wonder food insecurity has officially become everyone’s problem. But it’s also a solvable one, according to Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush, the filmmakers behind A Place at the Table, a moving portrait of America’s food insecure.

The film, which debuted March 1, follows the lives of three hardworking families living with the consequences of a food system that’s flawed to a disturbing degree - one where even full-time employment provides no protection against hunger, and the assistance to remedy the problem is all too meager.

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