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A Place At the Table, With Audio Description.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Food security.
- Working poor.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (85 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : Roco Films, 2012.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed February 09, 2026).
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI.
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