Ready, Set, Bag!

Help support your local
Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano!

Ready, Set, Bag! is an award-winning documentary by local filmmakers that stars state champions from across the U.S. working to win the National Grocers Association's Best Bagger Contest. Using the competition as a backdrop, the film delves into the lives of eight diverse individuals and tells distinctly American stories celebrating this country's values.

No matter where we are in life or what we do for a living - we all shop at the grocery store. And the checker or bagger is often the last personal contact we have with an employee. It is here at the end of the checkout aisle that READY, SET, BAG! shows the pride and effort these individuals put into their job to be the best at what they do - capturing the spirit of working class Americans. These characters prove that speed, accuracy and heart will determine who is best qualified to ask you, "Paper or plastic?"

Ready, Set, Bag! premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival and played in Austin, Sedona, Wisconsin, and Heartland Film Festivals (as Paper or Plastic?)

Directors Justine Jacob and Alex D. da Silva and special guests from the film will do a Q & A after the film.

Help support your local Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano

Bring 2 or more items of non-perishable food to donate and get $1 off the ticket price and 50 cents off medium or large popcorn.

Ticket discount sponsored by the Mechanics Bank. In addition, for each ticket purchased, the Mechanics Bank will donate an additional $1 to the Food Bank. Your purchase will make a difference!

There will be a short before "Ready, Set, Bag!, Leonardo:

Follow Leonardo da Vinci in his quest to fly. A story of perseverance, "Leonardo" take you on a journey of creativity. A journey that often leads to a very different place than where you thought you would end up.