'A Place at the Table' -- 3 stars

PG; 1:24 running time

Filmmakers Lori Silverbush and Kristi Jacobson show us the faces of hunger ¿ the working poor of Collbran, Colo.; Jonestown, Miss.; and Philadelphia ¿ 50 million Americans, by the latest estimates. They talk to plenty of experts ¿ researchers and authors who have written on the subject, a congressman from Massachusetts for whom this is a favorite issue. There are celebrity witnesses: Actor Jeff Bridges has been involved in this issue since the 1980s, "Top Chef" Tom Colicchio has become an anti-hunger activist. -- Roger Moore

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February 28, 2013