I am very proud to present this video that I produced last week with Brody Baker and Starworks Group for OXFAM America.
Right now Washington is playing with our global food aid programs, with regulations that protect special interests at the expense of hungry people. These regulations cost taxpayers up to $500 million per year.
This video is a call-to-action for Americans to speak up and tell their members of Congress that we’re sick of these special interest giveaways that cost lives and tax dollars. Thousands have already signed our petition calling for reform. The push is part of Oxfam’s GROW campaign to tackle the politics behind hunger. We grow enough food on this planet to ensure everyone has enough to eat, but political obstacles, like unnecessary food aid regulations, get in the way.
Life-saving food aid represents a tiny fraction, just .05 percent, of the federal budget. Yet every year, millions of dollars end up in the pockets of special interest groups instead of helping to feed hungry people.
Tell Washington to stop playing with other people’s food. Lives depend on it.
Directed by Tim Saccenti. Beautifully shot by i Abel. Art direction and production design by the lovely Andrea Huelse. Food styling by Diana Yen of The Jewels of New York. Frighteningly realistic and beautiful animal masks by Zoe Morsette of Where The Wild Things Are fame.
Please visit oxfamamerica.org/foodaid to see how you can help with the initiative to stop frivolous government spending, and start feeding the hungry.
