Vermont has the second highest rate of unhoused people in the United States, right after California. One third of Vermonters struggle to put food on the table. These are big problems for a small state. 

This new documentary from Kingdom County Productions presents the human side of these issues, following low-income Vermonters as they tackle day to day challenges. Barnet filmmaker Bess O'Brien weaves together stories of working families, folks who are unhoused and are accessing food shelves and soup kitchens, people who are living in the temporary hotel/motel program, New Americans grappling with the cost of living in America, Native people creating innovative farming practices and folks on the ground providing services to their fellow Vermonters in need.

D: Bess O'Brien, US, 2024, 1h30m

Discussion follows with filmmaker Bess O'Brien, Michael Redmond, Executive Director of the Upper Valley Haven, and Angela Zhang, Programs Director for LISTEN Services.

Rather than pay admission, we invite you to bring a non-perishable item (canned or dry goods) for the Dartmouth campus food pantry. Programmed in collaboration with Dartmouth Dining Services, as part of Food Week, and the Upper Valley Haven.