SCHTF to present hunger documentary screening “A Place at the Table”

By: |Published on: Aug 28, 2015||

In partnership with the Canton Palace Theatre, News-Talk 1480/WHBC, Aultman Hospital, and Mix 94.1, we are excited to bring you a screening of A Place at the Table, to be shown at the Palace on Monday, September 28th.

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For a $5.00 donation, you get more than a ticket to a life-changing and critically-acclaimed hunger documentary film — your ticket price helps place up to 35 pounds of food into hungry hands. Doors open at 6:30pm, and at 7pm, we will kick off the film with an introduction by local radio host Ron Ponder. After the movie, attendees will also have the chance to connect the national scale of the film to our community level by engaging with a variety of local hunger-fighters from multiple agencies. We are also pleased to announce that when you dine at Basil Asian Bistro, located adjacent to the Palace Theatre, 10% of your sales will donated to fight local hunger.

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With the launch of our first campaign- the Hunger at Home Campaign– the Stark County Hunger Task Force would not only like to raise funds to continue to offer free groceries to those in need, we would also like to increase our community’s awareness of the reality of hunger. Featuring appearances from notable figures such as actor Jeff Bridges, chef Tom Colicchio, and journalist/activist Raj Patel, “A Place at the Table” has received praise from critics and ordinary viewers alike since first appearing at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.

“If another nation was doing this to our children, we’d be at war.”
 

-Jeff Bridges, actor and founder of the End Hunger Network

About The Film

50 Million Americans—1 in 4 children—don’t know where their next meal is coming from. A Place at the Table tells the powerful stories of three such Americans, who maintain their dignity even as they struggle just to eat. In a riveting journey that will change forever how you think about the hungry, A Place at the Table shows how the issue could be solved forever, once the American public decides—as they have in the past—that ending hunger is in the best interests of us all.

  • “POWERFUL. More than an eye-opening portrayal of hunger in America, it’s also a call to action.” -Boston Globe
  • “A film that should make you furious.” -Huffington Post
  • “A Place at the Table forcefully makes the case that hunger has serious economic, social and cultural implications for the nation.” – Julie Makinen, LA Times
  • “The film explains with devastating simplicity why so many go hungry in a country with more than enough food to go round.” -London Evening Standard