King corn
Mosaic Films; Independent Television Service (ITVS); Balcony Releasing presents; a Mosaic Films Inc. production; a film by Aaron Woolf, Curt Ellis, Ian Cheney; written by Aaron Woolf, Ian Cheney, Curt Ellis, Jeffrey K. Miller; produced and directed by Aaron Woolf
- Resource Type:
- Streaming Video
- Distribution:
- [Oley, Pennsylvania] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2007]
More Details
- Summary:
- Curt Ellis and Ian Cheney are best friends and ecological activists who met at Yale and learned that their great-grandfathers were from the same small town, Greene, Iowa. Their existential shock at learning that their " ... generation was at risk of having a shorter life span than our parents, and it was because of what we ate" prompts a return to their ancestral home--a farming town of just over 1000 people--to spend a year planting and harvesting an acre of corn. In the course of playing their minuscule part in the burgeoning corn industry, they learn about government subsidies, ammonia fertilizer, massively increased yields, and how the system favors mass production over small family farms. There is also the ubiquity of corn in food, from corn-fed beef to high-fructose syrup that sweetens sodas and other products. The film is a helpful tutorial on American corn production past and present, and an eminently watchable inquiry into the politics of food and public health.
- Contributors:
- Woolf, Aaron , screenwriter, creator, film director, film producerEllis, Curt , screenwriter, creatorCheney, Ian , screenwriter, creatorMiller, Jeffrey K. , screenwriter, film editor
- Languages:
- English
- Language Notes:
- Closed captioning available.
- Subjects:
- Production Credits:
- Edited by Jeffrey K. Miller ; camera, Sam Cullman, Aaron Woolf, Ian Cheney ; original music by The WoWz with Bo Ramsey and Spencer Chakedis.
- General Notes:
- Streaming media.
Restricted to the University of North Texas System.
Originally produced by: Mosaic Films Inc., c2007.
Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed June 22, 2015).
Public performance rights included.
Institutional Streaming Licenses permit screening on the Unified Campus to a group only when no admission is charged and there is no advertising outside the learning community. - Audience:
- Grades: 8 and up.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (90 min.)) : sound, color
- Audio Characteristics:
- digital
- Digital Characteristics:
- video file
- Call Numbers:
- Online Video
- Other Standard Numbers:
- Publisher Number, Docuseek2: bf-kcorn
- OCLC Numbers:
- 856013552
- Other Control Numbers:
- [Unknown Type]: doc00000480