Just as President Obama signed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act into law, a series of videos have been released showing the difference fresh foods have made across the Bay. The Lunch Love Community Documentary Project explores the community-based school lunch reform movement (in Berkeley, though I know you were wondering where such a thing could possibly come to be).
Webisodes showing “how passionate and dedicated people coming together can change the way their children eat, how they think, and how they learn in school” were supported by Kickstarter investments and are intended to be part of a full length documentary next year. If you watch the spots, I’d start with the one that features sixth graders watching what happens when they burn a Hot Cheeto. It’s not pretty, but then again, neither is the state of vending machines in schools.
[...] managers (Annelise Wunderlich (ITVS engagement and education), and advocates (Sophie Constantinou, Love Lunch Community). The Film Society’s own work to get local students into theaters and generate media and [...]