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A place at the table / 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.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Food security--United States.
- Food security.
- Poor--United States.
- Poor.
- Hunger--United States.
- Hunger.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (85 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Sausalito, CA : Ro*Co Films, 2012.
- Language Note:
- In English; closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Directors Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush examine the issue of hunger in America through the lens of three people 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.
- Participant:
- Featuring commentary from Jeff Bridges, Tom Colicchio, Raj Patel, Marion Nestle, Jonathan Stein.
- Credits:
- Directors of photography, Daniel B. Gold, Kirsten Johnson ; original music, T Bone Burnett, The Civil Wars ; editors, Madeleine Gavin, Jean Tsien, Andrea B. Scott.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed April 21, 2020).
- Won 2013 International Documentary Association, Pare Lorentz Award
- Nominated 2014 PGA Awards, Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures
- Nominated 2012 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize, Documentary
- OCLC:
- 952184611
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