Tuesday, September 17, 2013

A Place at the Table 2012


A Place at the Table     The lives of three families are shown to illustrate people in America who have food insecurity.  Children going to school hungry and parents struggling to provide even with full-time jobs. We have the means and resources to feed everyone who is hungry but this is not a Government priority.  The Farm Bill and the subsidizing of huge agribusiness companies is more important.  The price of healthy food such as fruits and vegetables has gone up 40% but the cheaper food which are not a healthy diet have gone down 40% in cost.  One in four children in this country do not get enough to eat.
     This is good!  Barbie is a single mother in Philadelphia.  She was hungry as a child and she’s determined her two children won’t experience this but they are.  Rose is a second-grader in Colorado, sometimes she can only think about food during her class.   Her teacher delivers food to people in the area but it is not nutritious food they need.  Tremonica lives in Mississippi and she is struggling with asthma that is worse because of the diet her mother can afford.  4* (I really liked this movie)

84 min, Doc directed by Lori Silverbush, Kristi Jacobson with Jeff Bridges, Tom Colicchio, Ken Cook, Marion Nestle, Janet Poppendieck, Mariana Chilton.

Note:  Blockbuster 3 ½*, imdb 6.4 out of 10, 89% critic 71% audience on Rotten Tomatoes. 
Special Note:  I really wonder why we sent a boatload of money to Egypt when we have people hungry in our own country?  If we don’t value our children and their health, what do we value?  How can we expect them to be of any success in their future lives if they can’t get their basic needs during their years of growth?  I also noticed the absence of fathers, men make more money than woman in the workforce and this contribution is lacking in 2 out of 3 of the examples presented.





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