Lunch Line

Lunch Line Trailer from uji films on Vimeo.

this looks really interesting. i think i'm going to go . . . not sure which day

the teaser:

LUNCH LINE reframes the school lunch debate through an examination of the program's surprising past, uncertain present, and possible future. In the film, six kids from one of the toughest neighborhoods in Chicago set out to fix school lunch and end up at the White House. Their unlikely journey parallels the dramatic transformation of school lunch from a weak patchwork of local anti-hunger efforts to a robust national feeding program. The film tracks key moments in school food and child nutrition from 1940s, 1960s, and 1980s to the present – revealing political twists, surprising alliances, and more common ground than people realize. Along the way, Senators, Secretaries of Agriculture, entrepreneurs, and activists from across the political spectrum add top-down perspective to a bottom-up film about the American political process, the health and welfare of its future, and the realities of feeding more than 31 million children a day.

if you are in the dc area, Parents for Better DC School Food is sponsoring two free showings of the movie. they say:

Join us for a Focus In! Film Series screening at Busboys & Poets of the nationally-recognized documentary LUNCH LINE, which reframes the school lunch debate through an examination of the program's surprising past, uncertain present, and possible future. After the film, stick around for a discussion with parents and school food advocates to find out more about what's happening with school food in Washington and how you can get involved.

WHEN: Sunday, January 9 at 8:00 pm
WHERE: Busboys & Poets -- 1025 5th Street, NW (5th & K/ Mt Vernon Square)

*-- OR --*

WHEN: Sunday, January 23 at 8:00 pm
WHERE: Busboys & Poets -- 2021 14th Street, NW (14 & V/ Ust)

Contact Tara Flakker at tflakker at gmail dot com with any questions or
for more information.

lemeno if you are going . . .

also, i think i might be going to hawaii next week. man, the year of love is starting out awesome!!!