"If another nation was doing this to our children, we’d be at war."
-Jeff Bridges, Founder of the End Hunger Network
"As important and eye-opening a documentary as you’ll see this year... [A] terrific call to action..."
-Joe Neumaier, NY Daily News
"It’s specifically addresses our country’s hunger crisis. But it also speaks to larger hungers. Hungers for independence, a dignified life, a better chance for one’s children – in short, the American dream."
-Mary F. Pols, Time Magazine
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-Joe Neumaier, NY Daily News
"A film that should make you furious."
-Marshall Fine, Huffington Post
"The documentary proves its worth most by how it treats the moral and political issues around the hunger crisis."
-Tomas Hachard, Slant
"POWERFUL. More than an eye-opening portrayal of hunger in America, it’s also a call to action."
-Boston Globe
"A BEAUTIFULLY SHOT, POIGNANT FILM."
-Roger Moore, Chicago Tribune
"Makes a strong case that hunger for one is a problem for all."
-Billy Tatum, Paste
"A film that should make you furious."
-Marshall Fine, Huffington Post
"The documentary proves its worth most by how it treats the moral and political issues around the hunger crisis."
-Tomas Hachard, Slant
"Makes a strong case that hunger for one is a problem for all."
-Billy Tatum, Paste
"SHOCKING"
-Huffington Post
"A film that should make you furious"
-Huffington Post
"Is a shocker even for those of us in a potential audience that think they’ve heard everything about poverty amidst plenty."
-CompuServe
"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
"Filmmakers Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush present these facts in A HIGHLY POLISHED PACKAGE, intercutting real-life stories of people struggling to find sufficient food with interviews with policy experts and celebrities who have made hunger their cause."
-The Salt Lake Tribune
"BEAUTIFULLY SHOT AND EDITED. THE CRAFT IS OF A VERY HIGH LEVEL"
-Toronto HotDocs Film Festival Must See
"The Sundance Film Festival is chock full of documentaries this year about the troubles besetting America ... but A PLACE AT THE TABLE may rank AMONG THE MOST MOVING in that it tackles a seemingly straightforward, solvable problem: hunger in the United States."
-LA Times
"A POIGNANT FILM ABOUT HUNGER IN THE UNITED STATES"
-Deseret News
"A PLACE AT THE TABLE is an ENGAGING AND ENRAGING movie that will enlist supporters for its cause."
-Variety
"A PLACE AT THE TABLE doesn't offer any answers. Instead, it asks you to help find them by getting involved, which is the mark of an EXCELLENT DOCUMENTARY."
-Toronto Film Scene
"How can you be both hungry and obese? It's a paradox that more and more people in the United States are beginning to understand, and a question that's convincingly answered in Finding North, A PROVOCATIVE DOCUMENTARY about hunger within America's own borders."
-Press+1
