A place at the table

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The Resource A place at the table

Statement of responsibility: Participant Media presents a Catalyst Films/Silverbush production ; a Lori Silverbush/Kristi Jacobson film ; produced by Julie Goldman, Ryan Harrington ; produced and directed by Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush

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Summary: 50 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

Credits note: Cinematography, Daniel B. Gold, Kirsten Johnson ; original music by T. Bone Burnett and the Civil Wars ; edited by Madeleine Gavin, Jean Tsien, Andrea B. Scott

PerformerNote: Jeff Bridges, Mariana Chilton, Tom Colicchio, Ken Cook, Barbie Izquierdo

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