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A documentary that investigates incidents of hunger experienced by millions of Americans, and proposed solutions to the problem.A documentary that investigates incidents of hunger experienced by millions of Americans, and proposed solutions to the problem.A documentary that investigates incidents of hunger experienced by millions of Americans, and proposed solutions to the problem.
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations
Jim McGovern
- Self
- (as James McGovern)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe original title for this documentary was "Hungry in America."
- ConnectionsFeatured in Moyers & Company: United States of ALEC: A Follow-Up (2013)
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Sobering but entertaining with wonderful people profiled
My wife and I downloaded this from iTunes today and were so impacted by the film. The film follows several people of different races and backgrounds, urban to the South to the mountains of Colorado. All are working (as the film goes on) but none make enough to buy enough food to be sure it will last all month. Many of them do not even qualify for food stamps/bridge cards. The fact that the poor and hungry have little lobbying impact in Washington compared to the gigantic agribusiness flood of money is clearly part of the reason we see this dilemma where the richest large nation fails miserably in keeping its working poor feed. Please see this film if you care about this issue. Many of your opinions may turn out to be misconceptions founded on stereotypes.
As for Marc Newman's criticism, the idea that charity organizations like food kitchens and food banks sponsored by churches (yes, those clips of devoted pastors and churches were kept in and were very impressive) could solve this problem is ludicrous. We are talking about 50 million people and 13 million children. As my pastor (who is VERY conservative) says... the problem is overwhelming. There is no way volunteer and charitable organizations can meet the demand, and for Mr. Newman to suggest it could makes me wonder if he has ever worked at trying to get food to the poor. Many of us have done so and we know how huge this problem is... far beyond the resources of the faith community. As was noted in this documentary, the government once before almost totally eliminated hunger (in the late 70's) when both Democrats and Republicans (including Ronald Reagan) made it a priority. The government could do it again if it desired.
As for Marc Newman's criticism, the idea that charity organizations like food kitchens and food banks sponsored by churches (yes, those clips of devoted pastors and churches were kept in and were very impressive) could solve this problem is ludicrous. We are talking about 50 million people and 13 million children. As my pastor (who is VERY conservative) says... the problem is overwhelming. There is no way volunteer and charitable organizations can meet the demand, and for Mr. Newman to suggest it could makes me wonder if he has ever worked at trying to get food to the poor. Many of us have done so and we know how huge this problem is... far beyond the resources of the faith community. As was noted in this documentary, the government once before almost totally eliminated hunger (in the late 70's) when both Democrats and Republicans (including Ronald Reagan) made it a priority. The government could do it again if it desired.
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- rbsteury
- Mar 2, 2013
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Mesto za stolom
- Filming locations
- Collbran, Colorado, USA(main location)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $231,378
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $92,257
- Mar 3, 2013
- Gross worldwide
- $231,378
- Runtime1 hour 24 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
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