Bennington community organizations host free screening on June 5 of new documentary about Vermonters struggling with food and housing insecurity.
Community members are invited to a screening of Just Getting By, a documentary about food and housing insecurity in Vermont, followed by a Q & A with filmmaker Bess O’Brien. The event takes place on Wednesday, June 5 at the Bennington Theater at 331 Main Street in Bennington. Doors open at 6pm for light refreshments and the screening starts at 7pm. All attendees can enter to win one of four $100 Walmart gift cards.
Just Getting By is a sweeping and yet intimate look at the lives of Vermonters who are struggling with food and housing insecurity.
Vermont has the second highest rate of homelessness in the United States, right after California. One third of Vermonters struggle to put food on the table. These are big issues for a small state. Just Getting By focuses on these issues in the lives of everyday people.
The film tells the stories of working families, folks who are homeless and 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.
Just Getting By explores the day-to-day challenges and incredible resiliency that low-income Vermonters experience every day.
This event is made possible by Bennington County Coalition for the Homeless, Sunrise Family Resource Center, Turning Point Recovery Center of Bennington, and United Counseling Service of Bennington County. The evening is free and open to the public. Visit ucsvt.org/events for tickets.
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