By Andrea Burzynski NEW YORK (Reuters) - What do a police
officer, a teacher, a rancher, and a second grader have in
common? They all go hungry despite living in one of the
wealthiest countries in the world. Documentary film "A Place at
the Table," which opens nationwide on Friday, shines a spotlight
on the prevalence of hunger in the United States through the
personal stories of some of the millions of Americans who
struggle to feed themselves and their families. "There is this
perception that it's a tiny marginalized group of people who are
facing it, but at this point we're looking at 50 million
Americans," director and producer Lori Silverbush told Reuters.
Silverbush and fellow director Kristi Jacobson said that the
scope of problem remains largely hidden in the United States
because people often associate hunger with images of children
with sunken cheeks in developing countries. Many citizens are
also ashamed to admit they cannot afford enough food. "It's not
what we are conditioned to think hunger look