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ZapRoot interviews King Corn director Aaron Woolf
2008-04-16 20:04:00 I still haven't seen the documentary King Corn, which digs into all the ways that corn is used (and abused) in our society. Our friends over at ZapRoot, though, got a chance to sit down with Aaron Woolf, the film's director, for their latest episode. This brief video also a segment on those manmade Dubai islands and the 56 mpg Fiat 500 gets a few seconds of screen time as well. The movie clips from King Corn included in ZapRoot show how this movie focuses more on the food side of the corn equation (i.e., not so much the ethanol), but the movie does get into how complicated the America's agribusiness policy is. During the promotional work for the film, people associated with the movie did discuss ethanol's role in elevating the royal crop. Thanks to a link from the King Corn website, I just found out my local PBS station is showing the movie tonight and if I remember to watch or record it, I might have a review coming up. Check to see if it's playing near you.[Source: ZapRoot]
Eco-Libris: A New Film from the Creators of ?King Corn?
2008-04-09 04:42:00 Editor’s note: We’re excited to hear that King Corn is coming to the small screen, and that its creators have a new film coming out. Thanks to our friends at Eco-Libris for sharing this...
By: Green Options
Movie Review & Exclusive Interview: 2007?s King Corn
2008-02-04 18:43:00 Let me preface this post by saying that I grew up in Indiana and have a certain fondness for corn. With that being said, just how much this unique crop has been homogenized and commercialized is nothing short of disgusting. Released last year, the eco/foodie documentary King Corn presents a dramatic and grounding perspective ...
FOOD NEWS: Part 3: A Conversation with ?King Corn? Filmmaker Curt Ellis
2007-12-17 01:29:00 Farming today is not what we may imagine it to be. It’s become largely an industrial process, and corn epitomizes this shift in production methods. In Part 3, ‘King Corn’ filmmaker Curt Ellis shares his experience growing an acre of corn in Iowa, and what it was like for him and his partner. Surprisingly, ...
Science in Brief: Fungal cowboys, King Corn and ant prophylaxis
2007-12-17 00:00:00 A group of German scientists published in this week's Science their discovery of fungus preserved in Cretaceous Period amber that used a unique means of trapping its prey. This fungus used what essentially looks like a hyphal lasso to rope in its prey of choice, a species of roundworm (see ...
FOOD NEWS: Part 2: A Conversation with ?King Corn? Curt Ellis
2007-11-30 20:25:00 Continuing the conversation, Curt Ellis shares his story about the pervasiveness of corn in our daily foods. We learn that for the first time in human history, the problem of obesity is associated with poverty, not affluence. The processed ingredients that saturate the market with cheap food products is the chief culprit. Related: FOOD ...
FOOD NEWS: A Conversation with ?King Corn? Filmmaker Curt Ellis: Part 1
2007-11-25 19:06:00 You can almost hear the voice of Gomer Pyle: “Surprise,” “Surprise,” “Surprise”! Of course, the big surprise may be on all of us. The documentary “King Corn” reveals the often unseen, and unreflected world of industrial food manufacturing, in this case, as it relates to the use and production of corn. The surprise is ...
King Corn
2007-11-05 19:26:00 Here’s a trailer from a new documentary about America’s love affair with corn.
King Corn ? Is It Now The CORN That?s Making You Fat
2007-11-02 21:23:00 Okay… this is starting to get interesting. I’d love to see this when I comes out. So now, it’s CORN that’s making us fat. Hmmmm. I get the corn syrup. Apparently, though, corn is all in our foods in one way or another. I guess it’s because it’s what we feed chicken and cattle (I think). Check this ...
Weekend Review: King Corn
2007-10-27 16:21:00 Americans eat more than a ton of corn every year. Literally, a ton. Right now, you’re thinking, "There’s no way. No one eats that much corn, even in August." Well, that ton...
By: Green Options
King Corn
2007-10-18 15:22:00 King Corn is a feature documentary about two friends, one acre of corn, and the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation. In King Corn, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, best friends from college on the east coast, move to the heartland to learn where their food comes from. With the help of friendly neighbors, ...
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King Corn: A Food Documentary to Watch
2007-10-16 19:45:00 “Everything on your plate is corn.” That line, uttered by an interviewee in King Corn, is essentially the premise behind this new food-focused documentary. Much the way that Super Size Me uses a clever gimmick to take on the fast-food industry, King Corn follows two friends, Ian Cheney and Kurt Ellis, who move to Iowa ... Related Entries: A Little Soul FoodThe Horror at Orleans Parish PrisonYummy Link: A Real Corn SoupWhat’s In Season: Corn Tags: Movies - Dieting corn syrup documentaries King Corn Super Size Me
An Interview With King Corn Filmmaker Aaron Woolf
2007-10-12 06:04:00 King Corn is a fascinating documentary that uncovers the hidden world of corn. Yup, that stuff that cones in cans, and popped at the movie theaters. Aaron Woolf and his two guinea pig farmers, Ian Cheney and Curtis Ellis head off to Iowa for a year to uncover the truth behind this highly subsidized crop. Is corn naughty or nice? I had the opportunity to set down with Aaron and discuss this wonderful movie. Thanks for taking some time out to chat with Bloggernews. How did you get involved in this project. And who was the mastermind? That’s an interesting question, there really was not one single person. There is a mythical animal, a dog, Cerberus that has three heads, it was all three heads Ian, Curtis and myself that created King Corn. Curtis is actually my cousin, and we have been great friends for many years. The whole endeavor was very collaborative. I had just finished making a documentary about Human Trafficking and I was up for a new adventure. I have had lots of previous ad...
King Corn documentary opens tomorrow
2007-10-12 05:15:00 Want to spend an hour and a half with corn, but don't want to eat anything or drive an ethanol-fueled car? Starting tomorrow, at least in New York, you can check out a new documentary film called King Corn. Two young men set about trying to grow corn in Iowa and take a look at just what's up with all this corn in America. The film doesn't get into ethanol (it focuses more on corn as food), but the film's upcoming release has given the media a chance to bring the biofuel into the debate. Earlier this week on the NPR show On Point, for example, ethanol made an apearance in a wide-ranging discussion that included the voice of Ian Cheney, one of the films writer/producers, and other corn/agriculture experts. I expect quite a few of our readers will be interested in King Corn, as we can all agree that - even if the movie focuses its narrative elsewhere - corn is tied to ethanol like no other crop. The movie will continue limited screenings across America in the coming weeks, so check...
Movie Review: King Corn
2007-09-25 14:24:00 Corn is something that most Americans think of as an adjunct to a movie, a canned creamy vegetable, and in late summer something that is added to the BBQ menu. The corn story is much more interesting and disturbing as film makers Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, show us. “Why is there corn in my hair”, they ask? Corn is everywhere is the answer. Ian and Curt, friends from college decided to explore the world of corn. Iowa is the heartland of corn, you can drive for mile after mile and see nothing but huge tracts of corn. Although Ian and Curt are East Coasters it turns out that both had connections to the small Iowa town of Greene. As an experiment they decide to become farmers for a year and discover the hidden world of corn. Renting an acre of prime growing land from a local farmer, the pair, knowing next to nothing about farming follow the advice of the large local producers and replicate on a single acre what they do. The first revelation is the productivity increases that have oc...
Why Corn is Making Corn More Expensive
2007-04-09 00:00:00 In case you haven’t noticed, the price of groceries has started toslowly inchhigher, thanks in large part to the huge increase in demand for corn.So, does this mean that corn is driving up the price of corn?!? Sounds like quite the paradox. Anyway, the reason corn is in such high demand (thus driving up the ... |
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