A PLACE AT THE TABLE (dir. Kristi Jacobson, Lori Silverbush) is a brilliant documentary that confronts America's perennial inability to deal with the widespread problem of hunger in our nation. Ronald Reagan slashed federal programs that were beginning to solve the issue by the late 1970's, however he cynically felt that the matter would best be solved by relying on good old fashioned Christian charity. And it didn't work then, and it doesn't work now. Millions of Americans struggle daily with 'food insecurity' (you don't know where your next meal is coming from), and it seems that our leaders are convinced that the poor have it far too easy, and are just too dependent on the largess of the American tax payer. However, the film does expose the pertinent fact that America's richest food corporations were able to continue to enjoy 100% of their lavish government subsidy, yet the food stamp budget was severely cut to pay for a program to end childhood hunger.

Film screening is followed by discussion on the current state of affairs in our own food policy and whats cooking in India.

Entry - Free