King corn : you are what you eat /

King corn : you are what you eat /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	[New York, NY] : Docurama Films : Distributed by New Video, [2008]
Description:	1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language:	English
Subject:	Corn -- Iowa. Corn as food. Corn -- Fertilizers. Genetically modified foods. Agriculture -- Economic aspects. Corn. Corn as food. Corn -- Fertilizers. Corn industry. Corn -- Processing. Corn products industry. Farms. Genetically modified foods. Iowa. Iowa -- Butler County. United States. Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Feature films. Documentary films. Feature films. Nonfiction films.
Format:	DVD Video
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7546460

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Other authors / contributors:	Cheney, Ian. Ellis, Curt. Woolf, Aaron. Balcony Releasing. Mosaic Films. Independent Television Service. Docurama (Firm) New Video Group.
ISBN:	1422909387 9781422909386 1422913511 9781422913512
Notes:	Title from container. Originally released as a documentary in 2006. Special features: Deleted scenes; "The king corn in the corn belt tour" featurette; "The lost basement lectures" featurette; "WoWz music video; photo gallery; filmmaker biographies. Camera, Sam Cullman, Aaron Woolf, Ian Cheney ; editor, Jeffrey K. Miller ; original music, The WoWz, Bo Ramsey, Spencer Chakedis. Curt Ellis, Ian Cheney. DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, NTSC.
Summary:	Fueled by curiosity and a dash of naiveté, college buddies Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis return to their ancestral home of Greene, Iowa, to find out how the modest corn kernel conquered America. With the help of real farmers, powerful fertilizer, government aid, and genetically modified seeds, the friends manage to grow one acre of corn. Along the way, they unlock the hidden truths about America's modern food system.
Standard no.:	767685110898 767685115046
Publisher's no.:	NNVG110891 Docurama Films NNVG115041 Docurama Films

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Summary:	Two friends with one year to spare and a deep curiosity about the American food distribution system set out to grow an acre of corn and see what becomes of their crop in director Aaron Woolf's agriculturally themed documentary. Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis are best friends from college who have decided to move from the East Coast to the Midwest in hopes of getting a better idea where the food they consume on a daily basis actually comes from. Corn is America's most productive and subsidized grain. Upon relocating to Iowa, the pair seeks out the assistance of friends and neighbors in procuring the land, seeds, fertilizers, and herbicides needed to grow a one-acre bumper crop of this highly versatile commodity. As their maize is harvested and the sometimes-troubling realities of modern faming begin to emerge, the pair sets off on a mission to track the progress of their product and find out just how it is used to create a variety of different food products. What emerges is an informative and at times disturbing account of both the food Americans so readily consume without so much as a second thought, and the alarming state of the contemporary agricultural industry. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
Item Description:	Title from container. Originally released as a documentary in 2006. Special features: Deleted scenes; "The king corn in the corn belt tour" featurette; "The lost basement lectures" featurette; "WoWz music video; photo gallery; filmmaker biographies.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, NTSC.
Production Credits:	Camera, Sam Cullman, Aaron Woolf, Ian Cheney ; editor, Jeffrey K. Miller ; original music, The WoWz, Bo Ramsey, Spencer Chakedis.
ISBN:	1422909387 9781422909386 1422913511 9781422913512