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About Hunger is a documentary of voices, stories and portraits that explores the lives of those who have experienced hunger during their life.

For the past two years, Michael Nye has been listening and asking questions to subjects of all ages and backgrounds.

This project is still in progress. For the next two years, Michael and his assistant Mark Menjivar will continue to travel around the country recording stories of hunger. Spending up to two days with each subject, Michael seeks to capture the complex fabric of peoples’ larger lives.

Stories have a way of illuminating issues with a power that few other things achieve.

The project will debut at the Witte Museum in San Antonio, TX in the fall of 2009.

Please contact us if you are interested in Michael visiting and working your area.

Special thanks to the San Antonio Food Bank and its superb Executive Director Eric Cooper, for enormous support and advice during this process.

We also thank the following cities and organizations for their help and support along the way.

2006 – 2007
Alpine, TX- West Texas Food Bank
America's Second Harvest
Austin, TX- Capital Area Food Bank
Elmendorf, TX
Longview, TX
Marathon, TX
McAllen, TX- Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley
New Orleans, LA- Food Bank of Greater New Orleans
Penitas, TX
San Angelo, TX- Concho Valley Regional Food Bank
San Antonio, TX – San Antonio Food Bank
Sanderson, TX
Tyler, TX- Regional East Texas Food Bank

During 2008 we will be traveling and working in the following areas:

• Mississippi
• Alabama
• Indiana
• New Mexico
• Arkansas
• Utah
• West Virginia
• Illinois