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Bill Moyers in Conversation

The Faces of America’s Hungry

Bill Moyers in Conversation

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Politics, Democracy, Affairs, Bill, 2016, Journal, News & Politics, Pbs, Public, Moyers, Election

4.8599 Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2013

⏱️ 52 minutes

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0:00.0

I'm Bill Moyers. It's good to have your ear. This week on Moyers & Company.

0:07.0

A heart-moving mind-expanding reminder that millions of people in this country don't have enough to eat.

0:14.0

My guest, Miranda Chilton, the director of the Center for Hunger-Free Communities.

0:19.0

There's no opportunity for people who are low income to really engage in our democracy.

0:23.6

And I think that they're actively shut out as well.

0:26.6

And the poverty journalist Greg Kaufman.

0:29.6

There are a lot of corporations that want to be involved in the fight against hunger,

0:35.6

and the best thing they can do is get on board for fair

0:39.7

wages.

0:40.7

Also, the filmmaker Christy Jacobson on her new film, A Place at the Table.

0:46.2

We traveled all over the country and met people who were working and trying to make ends

0:52.2

meet but were not able to put food on the table.

0:55.0

Thanks for joining us.

0:57.0

The summer blitz of Blockbuster movies has arrived.

1:02.0

Superhero, or less immortals with excellent motor skills, are here to save the Earth from

1:09.0

supervillains, asteroids, aliens,

1:12.9

or other disasters, natural in nature, but probably induced by global warming.

1:18.7

Yes, it's another summer of excess and escapism with the thrills and chills of Hollywood,

1:24.8

scaring us down through our popcorn.

1:27.4

Saving the world!

1:28.4

Yet always with a happy ending.

1:29.9

Meanwhile, back here in the real world, where we actually live, the best film of the

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