Hunger in America

This documentary demonstrates effectively that all too many Americans go to bed hungry, and it highlights the efforts of heroic people who are trying to alleviate hunger at the local level. Volunteerism helps fill food pantries, fund food banks, and provides free hot meals to the needy. All those approaches help, but the film does not suggest the more important policy approaches to ending hunger, including strengthening such federal programs as SNAP, WIC, and school meals. (Skydive Films; 2014; 51’51”)

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Man with two children, possibly discussing Black hunger in America with another man.

Black Hunger in America

This chilling 1968 CBS-TV documentary shows the shocking depth of poverty and hunger among Black Americans. One of the underlying

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