Taste Of Work: Daily Bread

Screened at FCFF 2022

Film Synopsis

Daily Bread explores the meaning of community and the idea of service from the perspective of Traverse City’s Reverend Jane Lippert and her work in response to food insecurity and in support of those most on the margin of society.

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