A Place at the Table

2012 · 84 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 1,245 VOTES · DIR. Kristi Jacobson, Lori Silverbush

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Overview

Using personal stories, this powerful documentary illuminates the plight of the 49 million Americans struggling with food insecurity. A single mother, a small-town policeman and a farmer are among those for whom putting food on the table is a daily battle.

Documentary2010s

Dialogue Timeline — 1,421 lines

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00:00:30 ♪ Draw me a map ♪
00:05:22 so you make your food stretch.
00:09:16 My dream is to go to college.
00:12:48 You could slice some apples up. That'd be good, hmm?
00:16:33 The U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA
00:20:04 So you just don't fit our model, you know.
00:24:20 Would you take 35?
00:27:57 - My Elmo. - Yeah.
00:31:08 What were the two you were trying to narrow it down to?
00:34:09 One... is more... We spend more on
00:36:57 in the emergency room
00:40:23 Thank you so much.
00:43:32 As long as we have a system
00:46:39 when we're not handling it ourselves.
00:50:57 It's, um, very grounding.
00:54:32 I didn't have that great of attendance.
00:57:26 We call it emergency food.
01:00:38 And when I was first diagnosed
01:03:52 and about, you know, class, and about inequality
01:06:29 and you know that "I'm going to work now..."
01:09:52 It doesn't happen that way.
01:12:57 Honeydew melon.
01:16:23 So you take those and look at 'em, and go, "Wow."
01:19:21 "Take time and learn a little from each of us

Cast & Characters

Jeff Bridges Self Tom Colicchio Self Ken Cook Self Mariana Chilton Self Adam Appelhanz Self David Beckmann Self Joel Berg Self William Booker Self J. Larry Brown Self Odessa Cherry Self

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,421
Dialogue density16.9 lines / min
First line00:00:30
Final line01:19:21

Production Record

DirectorKristi Jacobson, Lori Silverbush
LanguageEnglish
Revenue$230,522
IMDb votes1,245