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The Table

2013 · 14m · N/A Drama, Thriller
Directed by Izabel Grondin

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A man goes to a potential employer's house one evening, only to find out that the job started as soon as he got in the house.

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Hunger in America is not about a shortage of food but an abundance of poverty. This is where the spiral spins downward.

Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
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A shocking indictment of how people are starving in the land of plenty ...

Linda Barnard, Toronto Star
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You don't have to be a fan of info-graphics in social-justice docs to be troubled by one showing that the price of processed food has decreased in almost exact proportion to the rise in cost of fresh fruits and vegetables.

Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
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"A Place at the Table" presents a shameful truth that should leave viewers dismayed and angry: This nation has more than enough food for all its people, yet millions of them are hungry.

Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle
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One thing is clear from "A Place at the Table": You cannot answer the question "Why are people hungry?," without also asking "Why are people poor?"

Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor

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