King Corn
Are you getting super-sized from too much corn off the cob? This amusing, eye-opening documentary follows college pals and filmmakers Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis as they travel to Greene, Iowa - where their ancestors once farmed - to embark on an agricultural odyssey. Cheney and Ellis review the many changes taking place in the sphere of food production, finding that some technological advances may come with surprising costs.
Year: 2007
Genre: Documentaries, General Docos, EcoFilm Fest, FoodMatters
Country: USA
Director: Aaron Woolf
Duration: 90 Minutes
Rating: Ex
7.1/10
Location in store: Documentary (FoodMatters)
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