Food Stamped
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Food Stamped is a 2010 documentary film
by Shira Potash and Yoav Potash, about food stamps and a couple who take the food stamp challenge
and live on a food stamp budget for one week.
The film features U.S. Representative Barbara Lee
, one of four members of Congress who took the food stamp challenge. The film premiered in October 2010 at the Mill Valley Film Festival
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Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
by Shira Potash and Yoav Potash, about food stamps and a couple who take the food stamp challenge
Food stamp challenge
A food stamp challenge is a trend in the United States popularized by religious groups, community activists and food pantries in which a family of means chooses to purchase food using only the monetary equivalent of what a family that size would receive in federal food stamps. In 2007, this...
and live on a food stamp budget for one week.
The film features U.S. Representative Barbara Lee
Barbara Lee
Barbara Jean Lee is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1998. She is a member of the Democratic Party. She is the first woman to represent that district. Lee was the Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and was the Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus...
, one of four members of Congress who took the food stamp challenge. The film premiered in October 2010 at the Mill Valley Film Festival
Mill Valley Film Festival
The Mill Valley Film Festival is an annual, non-competitive film festival presented by the California Film Institute. Known as a filmmakers’ festival, the annual Mill Valley Film Festival offers a non-competitive environment for exhibiting independent and world cinema.Founded in 1978 by MVFF...
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