Look Again. Jan 19 – 29, 2012 Park City, Utah

America has lost its way in taking care of its own. The shocking fact is that one in six Americans doesn’t get enough to eat on a regular basis. Even more disturbing is the fact that this new face of hunger is largely invisible. There are no breadlines in the streets, but increasing numbers of soup kitchens and food banks are feeding people who—though employed full-time—can’t make ends meet.

Finding North unveils the human stories behind the statistics: a rancher juggling two jobs and a small-town policeman rely on food pantries to survive between paychecks; a single working mom can’t afford consistent meals for her children; a short-order cook must travel more than an hour to purchase fruits and vegetables.

As it unravels the real societal costs and applies transparency to the causes of this hunger crisis in the richest country in the world, Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush’s bracing film explores ways that we as a nation can correct this alarming and unnecessary state of affairs. - C.L.

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Kristi Jacobson has been producing and directing nonfiction films, both independently and for television, for the past decade. Her credits include Toots, which was named one of 2007’s top five documentary films by the National Board of Review, and her directorial debut, American Standoff, which premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival and was broadcast on HBO. Lori Silverbush’s first feature film, On the Outs, won both the Grand Jury Award and the Audience Award at the 2005 Slamdance Film Festival— the first film to garner both top awards in the festival’s history—and was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards. Silverbush has since adapted FC Venus for Focus Features.

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