“Hunger No
More: Faces Behind the Facts"
A powerful TV
documentary presented by the National Council of
Churches, playing November 20, 2005 on the
Hallmark Channel, takes an unflinching look at
the persistent problem of hunger in the 21st
Century. . . and offers solutions.
Program Description
Tremendous progress has been made in addressing the crisis of
world hunger in the last 25 years. The world community has the
knowledge, technology and resources to end malnutrition. The faces
of hunger can be reduced in number as faith groups work together
in creative initiatives through local, regional and international
programs. This documentary includes interviews with Senator
Elizabeth Dole and former Senator George McGovern. The program
highlights community economic development; advocacy with state and
federal governments to change systems that allow poor people to
escape the cycle of poverty and hunger; and positive choices
individuals have made to eradicate chronic hunger in our lifetime.
The faces are more than facts when people work together to create
a world where, as the disciple John envisioned, there is “hunger
no more.”
DVD and VHS copies, along with a
study guide of this program are available by calling (800)
999-3534.
Featured interviewees include:
- Senator Elizabeth Dole
- former Senator and presidential
candidate George McGovern
- renowned ethicist Jeffrey Sachs
of The Earth Institute at Columbia University
- Bread for the World CEO David
Beckmann
- Church World Service Executive
Director John McCullough
- NCC General Secretary Bob Edgar
- Joan Holmes of the United
Nations-related Hunger Project
- Ken Horne, CEO of the Society of
St. Andrew
- Joe Young, Director of
Community Development, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
- June Kim, Executive Secretary
for World Hunger of the United Methodist Committee on Relief
- Leaders
from several other hunger programs mobilized by NCC member
communions.
Produced by Mennonite Media for the
National Council of Churches, sponsoring partners for the
production are the United Methodist Committee on Relief, the
World Hunger Program of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America,
the Society of St. Andrew, and the ecumenical humanitarian agency
Church World Service, with cooperation from Bread for the World
and United Methodist Communication.
The National Council of Churches,
founded in 1950, is America's leading ecumenical organization,
whose 36 Protestant and Orthodox member denominations comprise 45
million adherents in more than 100,000 local congregations in all
50 states.
For more information, contact:
Shirley Struchen (212-870-2574) or Pat Pattillo (212-870-2048). |
