Faces Of Hunger Film Screening

When:Monday December 21, 2009

Time:3-5pm

Where: Action Center To End World Hunger

6 River Terrace

Battery Park City,NY 10282

Cost:Free w/ RSVP @ rsvp@facesofhunger.org

Faces of hunger in america film contest invites you to an exclusive screening of 6 short films followed by the announcement of the 3 winning films of the 2009 Faces of Hunger in America Film Contest. All films were created by young filmmakers 25 years of age or under and depict hunger in their local communities. The 3 winning filmmakers will receive prizes totaling $10,000 Faces of Hunger is a Nationwide initiative to visually portray hunger in the United States. In attendance will be Master of Ceremonies Xenia Siamas, ambassador for Palms For Life Fund, as well as an esteemed panel of judges: Joel Berg head of New York City Coalition Against Hunger, Janet Poppendieck Professor at Hunter College and author of “Sweet Charity? Emergency Food and the End of Entitlement,” and of “Free for All: Fixing School Food in America,” Richard Deckelbaum, Director of the Institute of Human Nutrition at Columbia University, award-winning cinematographer Tom Hurwitz (“Valentino”), and the Maysles Institute program co-directors, Phillip Maysles and Jessica Green. Drinks and snacks will be served. If you can make it, R.S.V.P. with your name and number of persons attending to rsvp@facesofhunger.org –  Hurry Space is limited.