A new Food Network produced documentary, HUNGER HITS HOME, narrated by Oscar®-winning actor and longtime anti-hunger activist Jeff Bridges focuses on the devastating hidden crisis of childhood hunger in America. The film is part of an ongoing partnership between Food Network and Share our Strength, whose No Kid Hungry initiative aims to eradicate child hunger in America by 2015 by surrounding children with nutritious food where they live, learn and play. HUNGER HITS HOME premieres on April 14th at 8pm/7pm central on Food Network. www.foodnetwork.com/hungry

The Philadelphia Film Society is thrilled to have recently received a grant from the Philadelphia Cultural Fund (the Fund) to go towards our general operating expenses. We deeply appreciate the generosity of the Fund and the City of Philadelphia and look forward to working with them this year to enrich the film community within Philadelphia.

PFS recently hosted a Member Special Event screening at the Tower Theater, featuring a new documentary entitled Dark Girls.

Dark Girls is co-directed and produced by Bill Duke (Duke Media) and D. Channsin Berry (Urban Winter Entertainment) the film explores the deep-seated bias and attitudes about skin color; particularly dark skinned women, outside of and within the Black American culture.

PFS Members were among the first to see Will Ferrell's new spanish-language comedy 'Casa de mi Padre'... So what did you think of the telenovela parody? Is it the funniest movie you'll ever read?