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Soledad O’Brien Joins Advisory Board of New Basketball League, Developing
Documentary Series
"I loved it...It broke my heart and inspired me at the same time. I don't know how you can do better with a documentary." -Michael Golden, The Golden Mean Podcast
NY Daily News
"When you need college to get out of poverty, how do you do it with all these life challenges trying to suck you under every day?”
The documentary follows Peters and three other college students from New Jersey and Pennsylvania as they navigate financial hardship, housing insecurity and hunger in pursuit of their degrees. - NY Daily News
BuzzFeed AM2DM
"For a lot of students they drop out because it becomes to unattainable, it's impossible to do-it's really hard."
AOL Build Series
"There's not much food that's cheap and easy to get access to so you end up having students that opt to not eat."
NBC NY Live
"We think of college as cheerleaders and games and keg parties. And for them it's how do I make sure I get another job so I can pay off that bill that I have at the medical center in time so I can register for my next classes, it's a struggle."
"For a lot of students they drop out because it becomes to unattainable, it's impossible to do-it's really hard."- Soledad O'Brien
Doc NYC
Hungry to Learn is premiering in New York City at Doc NYC Film Festival on Nov 9. and Nov. 11.
"This is a problem that's pervasive. It isn't just a problem of poor kids, it isn't a problem of kids at very expensive colleges,or community colleges. It runs the gamet."
MSU 90.3 WMSC FM
Stephen Rumbolo and AJ Melillo interviewed Emmy winning journalist and documentarian, Soledad O'Brien about her new documentary "Hungry to Learn",
The Golden Mean
"As college costs go up, sometimes students take out those loans and then they also have to use that money to pay for their living expenses, so they literally have no money for food.”
"A necessary, important documentary about a story that I don't think a lot of people know about. We know that 40 million people are homeless in this country. We never talk about what those homeless people are trying to do with their lives. Some are trying to get a college degree"
-Ricky Camilleri, AOL Build Series