King Corn (film)
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| Directed by | Aaron Woolf |
| Produced by | Aaron Woolf |
| Written by | Ian Cheney Curtis Ellis Jeffrey K. Miller Aaron Woolf |
| Starring | Ian Cheney Curtis Ellis Michael Pollan Stephen Macko Earl Butz |
| Distributed by | Balcony Releasing |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
King Corn is a 2007 documentary film released in October 2007 following college friends Ian Cheney and Curtis Ellis (directed by Aaron Woolf) as they move from Boston to Greene, Iowa to grow and farm an acre of corn. In the process, Cheney and Ellis examine the role that the increasing production of corn has had for American society, spotlighting the role of government subsidies in encouraging the huge amount of corn grown.
The film shows how industrialization in corn has all but eliminated the image of the family farm, which is being replaced by larger industrial farms. Cheney and Ellis suggest that this trend reflects a larger industrialization of the North American food system. As was outlined in the film, decisions relating to what crops are grown and how they are grown are based on government manipulated economic considerations rather than their true economic, environmental, or social ramifications. This is demonstrated in the film by the production of high fructose corn syrup, an ingredient found in many cheap food products, such as fast food.
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Critical reception[edit]
King Corn received generally positive reviews. The film earned a review score of 70 from the review aggregate site Metacritic (based on 15 reviews). Rotten Tomatoes awarded the film a score of 95% (based on 20 reviews).[1]
See also[edit]
- Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
- Chew on This, an adaptation of Fast Food Nation for younger readers
- Deconstructing Dinner
- Eating Animals
- Fast Food Nation
- The Future of Food
- Food Inc.
- Million Calorie March: The Movie
- The Omnivore's Dilemma
- The Jungle
- Our Daily Bread (2005 film)
- Super Size Me
- Taste the Waste
- We Feed the World
- Food Matters
- Forks Over Knives
- Bananas!*
- A Place at the Table
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External links[edit]
- Official website
- King Corn at the Internet Movie Database
- King Corn site for Independent Lens on PBS
- King Corn at AllRovi
- King Corn at Rotten Tomatoes
- C-SPAN Q&A interview with Aaron Woolf, June 29, 2008
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