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King corn  Cover Image DVD DVD

King corn

Cheney, Ian, (film producer,, screenwriter.). Ellis, Curt, (film producer,, screenwriter.). Woolf, Aaron, (film producer,, film director,, screenwriter.). Miller, Jeffrey K., (screenwriter,, editor.). Cullman, Sam. (Added Author). Ramsey, Bo. (Added Author). Chakedis, Spencer. (Added Author). WoWz (Musical group) (Added Author). Balcony Releasing. (Added Author). Mosaic Films. (Added Author). Independent Television Service. (Added Author). Docurama (Firm) (Added Author). New Video Group. (Added Author).

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--From publisher description.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1422909387
  • ISBN: 9781422909386
  • ISBN: 1422913511
  • ISBN: 9781422913512
  • Physical Description: videodisc
    1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [New York, New York] : Docurama Films, [2008]
  • Distributor: [New York, New York] : Distributed by New Video, [2008]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally released as a documentary in 2006.
"You are what you eat"--Container.
Special features: Deleted scenes: Chicago: hauling the harvest to the Board of trade -- Washington DC : talking corn on Capitol Hill -- Boston : a new Boston tea party ; Featurettes : The king corn in the corn belt tour -- The lost basement lectures ; WoWz music video; photo gallery; filmmaker biographies.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Edited by Jeffrey K. Miller; camera, Sam Cullman, Aaron Woolf, Ian Cheney; original music, The WoWz, Bo Ramsey, Spencer Chakedis.
Participant or Performer Note: Curt Ellis, Ian Cheney.
System Details Note:
DVD, NTSC, region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround or Dolby 2.0, widescreen.
Subject: Corn Iowa
Corn as food
Corn Fertilizers
Genetically modified foods
Corn industry United States
Corn products industry United States
Corn Processing United States
Agriculture Economic aspects United States
Farms Iowa Butler County
Agriculture Economic aspects
Corn
Corn industry
Corn Processing
Corn products industry
Farms
Genetically modified foods
Iowa
Iowa Butler County
United States
Zea mays
Zea mays Iowa
Food, Genetically Modified
Genre: Feature films -- United States.
Documentary films.
Feature films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films -- United States.
Documentary -- Feature.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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Lummi Library DVD 304 SB 191. M2 K56 2008 275018 DVD Available -

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