[WATCH]: Food for Thought: What is Hunger in America?

The Faces of Hunger competition called for young filmmakers to capture what hunger looks like in America. It seemed straightforward enough; all I had to do was go down to a homeless shelter or a food bank, ask some questions about their stories, and I'd have my video. Right? Wrong. In the film, Food for Thought, I discovered through the process that the true issue of hunger did not only lie among the homeless population as many assumed, but with the people around us — middle-class families, and most humbling of all — my own family. Let me tell you, it was not easy to admit. When I came to terms with this difficult fact, my first reaction was to drop the film. This was not what I expected to discover and it was far too personal

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