King corn [videorecording]
By: Cheney, Ian Ellis, Curt Woolf, Aaron Balcony Releasing Mosaic Films Independent Television Service Docurama (Firm) New Video Group
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SB191.M2 K56 2008 DVD
Subject: Originally released as a documentary in 2006 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 galler y filmmaker biographies Edited by Jeffrey K. Miller camera, Sam Cullman, Aaron Woolf, Ian Cheney original music, The WoWz, Bo Ramsey, Spencer Chakedis DVD, region 1 Dolby Digital 5.1 surround or Dolby 2.0, NTSC, widescreen Curt Ellis, Ian Cheney Fueled by curiosity and a dash of naivete, 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
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 Documentary films Nonfiction films Feature films