A Place at the Table (Blu-ray) PG
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: PG
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: June 25, 2013
- Originally Released: 2011
- Label: Magnolia Home Ent
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Directed by | Lori Silverbush & Kristi Jacobson | |
Composition by | T-Bone Burnett & The Civil Wars | |
Director of Photography: | Daniel B. Gold & Kirsten Johnson |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: B+ --
One thing is clear from "A Place at the Table": You cannot answer the question "Why are people hungry?," without also asking "Why are people poor?"
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Christian Science Monitor
3.5 stars out of 4 -- [The] film has a tone of intelligent, if subdued, outrage.
Washington Post
The filmmakers vividly illustrate the power and depth of the long-spiraling problem of 'food insecurity' by immersing us in the hardscrabble lives of a cross section of our nation's poor.
Los Angeles Times
[An] urgent documentary....Tom Colicchio makes an eloquent spokesman... -- Grade: B
Entertainment Weekly
It specifically addresses our country's hunger crisis. But it also speaks to larger hungers. Hungers for independence, a dignified life, a better chance for ones children-in short, the American dream. See it and weep.
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TIME Magazine
Rating: 1/4 --
That's one of the infuriating things about this documentary. It gives all of the information needed to pull at our heartstrings, but almost none needed to assess the problem clearly and think through possible solutions.
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Washington Examiner
A PLACE AT THE TABLE makes an unexpected case for addressing hunger as an urgent national priority.
Wall Street Journal
Product Description:
In an era when even many full-time workers rely on soup kitchens for sustenance, filmmakers Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush take us into the lives of three people who wage a daily struggle against hunger, and speak with various experts about the possibility of ensuring that every American is well fed. Despite the fact that our nation has the means and resources to feed every hungry mouth, it's estimated that one in four American children doesn't get enough to eat. If we possess the capability to provide these starving children with a nutritious diet but fail to do so, what does that say about us as a society' Barbie is a single mother from Philadelphia who knows how it feels to go to bed hungry. As a young girl she rarely knew where her next meal would come from, and she's determined that her two children will never face that uncertainty. Famished Colorado second-grader Rosie has difficulty concentrating in school and relies on the kindness of others to fill her plate, while Mississippi grade-schooler Tremonica finds her asthma aggravated by the only meals that her mother can afford -- which are decidedly lacking in nutrients. In addition to talking with the people affected by hunger on a daily basis, Jacobson and Silverbush also speak with sociologist Janet Poppendieck, nutrition advocate Marion Nestle, Witness to Hunger's Mariana Chilton, Academy Award winner Jeff Bridges, and various others about this widespread problem and the potential solutions.
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- Sales Rank: 107,657
- UPC: 876964005524
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