King corn : you are what you eat /

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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
Hidden Bibliographic Details
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
Review by Library Journal Review

In the same vein as Super Size Me and Fast Food Nation, King Corn exposes the viewer to little-known facts about the American food industry. The film follows friends Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis as they decide to plant one acre of corn in Iowa and track the results through the harvest and beyond. They are coached by local farmers in the process, which includes the use of pesticides and herbicides, and come to the dawning realization that their corn is inedible and will primarily be used for high-fructose corn syrup and animal feed. The film also looks at the state of factory farming, governmental farm subsidies, and the decline of the traditional family farm. Easy to watch film and interwoven with quirky animation; recommended for any library, but especially those in areas with a high interest in sustainability and environmentalism.--Manya Shorr, Omaha P.L. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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Review by School Library Journal Review

G 8 Up-Two college friends, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, with family ties to Iowa decide to plant an acre of corn and follow it from seed to harvest and into the food chain. They interview farmers, scientists, and government officials, including former Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz, as they examine the increasing amount of corn that is raised in the United States and how much of it is turned into high fructose corn syrup or fed to cattle.ÅSegments, divided by month, are accompanied by an appropriate folksy musical soundtrack and plod along at a deliberate pace.ÅThe filmmakers rent the land, drive the tractor, spray fertilizer on the field, and harvest 180 bushels of corn that is sold to the local grain elevator in Greene, Iowa.ÅTheir narration raises questions, all tied to what they view as the over-production of corn, concerning sweeteners made from corn and the obesity rates in America, feed lots,Åthe loss of family farms to industrial farming, andÅthe role of government subsidies.ÅStudents in farming communities are sure to debate many statements and ideas presented here. The film can be utilized as a launch pad to research its major premises.ÅA singular addition to library collections.-Patricia Ann Owens, Wabash Valley College, Mt. Carmel, IL (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

(c) Copyright Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Review by Library Journal Review


Review by School Library Journal Review