A Place at the Table

A Place at the Table (2012) is a documentary film directed by Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush, with appearences by Jeff Bridges, Raj Patel, and chef Tom Colicchio. The film, concerning hunger in the United States, will be released theatrically in the United States on March 1, 2013.

Participant Media is the entertainment company behind the film, and it is distributed by Magnolia Pictures. The Participant/Magnolia team 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.

Fifty million people in the U.S.—including one in four children—don’t know where their next meal is coming from. Directors Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush examine the issue of hunger in America through the stories 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.

A Place at the Table shows us how hunger poses serious economic, social, and cultural implications for our nation, and that the problem can be solved once and for all, if the American public decides – as they have in the past – that making healthy food available and affordable is in the best interest of us all.