A Place at the Table

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The Table Place is a 2012 documentary directed by Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush, with appearances by Jeff Bridges, Raj Patel, and chef Tom Colicchio. The film, about famine in the United States, was released theatrically in the United States on March 1, 2013.

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Media Participant is the entertainment company behind the film, and is distributed by Magnolia Pictures. The Participating Team/Magnolia is also responsible for the film Food, Inc. (2008). The film was originally titled Finding North but the name was later changed to A Place at the Table .

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Synopsis

In 2012, about 50 million Americans are not food safe. This is about 1 in 6 of the total population, with the proportion of children facing food insecurity even higher by about 1 in 4. One in every two children receives federal food aid. The film sees directors Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush examining the problem of hunger in America, mostly through the story of three people who suffer from food insecurity:

• Barbie, a Philadelphia mother who grew up in poverty and tried to give her two children a better life.
• Rosie, a fifth-grader in Colorado who often has to rely on friends and neighbors to feed her and have trouble concentrating in school.
• Tremonica, a second-grader of Mississippi whose asthma and health problems are exacerbated by the very empty calories his hardworking mother can work on.

Other Americans who are starving with hunger are also featured, including a policeman whose monthly salary leaves just enough money to buy food for two weeks, forcing him to use a food bank. A Place at the Table shows how hunger poses serious economic, social and cultural implications for the United States, and that the problem can be solved once and for all, if the American public decides - as they have in the past then - that makes healthy food available and affordable is in everyone's best interest.

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Book releases

There is also a companion book titled A Place at the Table: The Crisis of 49 Million Americans Hungry and How to Overcome It, edited by Peter Pringle and published by Public Affairs. This book contains contributions from Jeff Bridges, Ken Cook, Marion Nestle, Bill Shore, Joel Berg, Robert Egger, Janet Poppendieck, David Beckmann, Mariana Chilton, Tom Colicchio, Jennifer Harris, Andy Fisher, Kelly Meyer and director Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush.

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Awards

The film was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.

At the IDA Documentary Award 2013, the film received the Pare Lorentz Prize, which recognizes film-making films while focusing on the use of the natural environment, and justice for all and illuminating pressing social issues.

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Critical reception

The film received positive reviews. As of October 2015, it has a 90% approval rating of 61 professional reviews summarized by Rotten Tomatoes. The following are some examples of critical responses to the film:

• " Places on the Desk forcibly make the case that hunger has serious economic, social and cultural implications for the nation." - Julie Makinen, Los Angeles Times
• "This film explains with its devastating simplicity why so many people are starving in a country with more than enough food to carry around." - London Evening Standard
• "Shot and edited beautifully This plane has a very high level." - Toronto HotDocs Film Festival "Must See List"
• " A Place at the Table is an interesting and enraging movie that will ask supporters for the cause." - Variety

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See also

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References

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External links

• Official website
• Places on the Desk on IMDb
• Participant Media
• Magnolia Images

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