In a Rust Belt city where over half the households earn less than the monthly cost of living, a downtown potluck becomes an open-air reckoning with hunger, belonging, and civic joy.

A film by OTHRWRLD Stories, in partnership with Civic Saturday Akron. Produced and directed by Jessie English and Kate Tucker. With support from NYCNext | The Longest Table and Knight Foundation.

FEATURING Imokhai Okolo, Makaylah Clark, Kate Tucker, Dara Harper, Frankie Breedlove, Kristy Clark, Mark7, Will Blake, Wesley the Keeper, Arell Tee, Joe Sofio, Evelyn Rizzo, and Parinita Singh.

OTHRWRLD Stories is the documentary realm of OTHRWRLD, a creative production studio founded in NYC by artists with exceptional practical skillsets. With over a decade of award-winning work, OTHRWRLD Stories is the trusted partner for civic and community-emergent storytelling – real people shifting culture, changing worlds.

Civic Saturday Akron is a grassroots group of Akronites hosting joyful neighborhood gatherings to celebrate community and shared civic power. Born out of the national Civic Saturday movement launched by Citizen University, Civic Saturday Akron produced Akron's first Longest Table in 2026.

Citizen University, based in Seattle, Washington equips civic catalysts across the nation with the ideas, strategies, and spirit to build a culture of powerful, responsible citizenship. In 2025, CU trained 19 Akronites in the Civic Saturday model, including the Fellows featured in this film.

People Feeding People is a free mobile grocery store distribution program operating in Summit County, Ohio with a mission to organize the resources in the community to build power, promote wellness, and combat food apartheid.

The Longest Table is an initiative of NYCNext (501c3), bringing neighbors together for shared meals in open spaces where everyone belongs. It began in Chelsea, New York City in 2022 as a free community event and has since grown to hundreds of cities across the U.S. and internationally.

Knight Foundation supports a more effective democracy by funding free expression and journalism, arts and culture in community, research in areas of media and democracy, and the success of American cities and towns where the Knight brothers once published newspapers, including its founding home of Akron, Ohio

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