Free Political Film Screenings Cinema Politica is a project organized by Montréal-based non-profit überculture, and comprises a network of several local film exhibition series across Canada, Europe and the USA.

King Corn and Island on the Edge

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Victoria
Wednesday September 23, 2009
Screening begins 19h00
Venue: Victoria

September's screenings look at two films about the harvest: _King Corn_ is an incisive and funny investigation of the adage "you are what you eat" while _Islands on the Edge_ offers local perspective on food security. We will watch short excerpts of _Island on the Edge_ after _King Corn_, and the writer, Don Genova, will be present to take part in the discussion.

First Film:King Corn

You are what you eat.

Aaron Woolf / USA / 2007 / 88 min

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 Chesney 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, genetically modified seeds, nitrogen fertilizers and powerful herbicides, they plant and grow a bumper crop of America’s most-productive, most-subsidized grain on one acre of Iowa soil. But when they try to follow their pile of corn into the food system, what they find raises troubling questions about how we eat – and how we farm.

Trailer

Credits

Directed by
Aaron Woolf

Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Ian Cheney writer
Curtis Ellis writer
Jeffrey K. Miller writer
Aaron Woolf writer

Cast (in alphabetical order)
Earl L. Butz ... Himself (as Earl Butz)
Ian Cheney ... Himself
Curt Ellis ... Himself

Produced by
Ian Cheney .... co-producer
Curt Ellis .... co-producer
Curtis Ellis .... co-producer
Aaron Woolf .... producer

Cinematography by
Ian Cheney
Sam Cullman
Aaron G. Woolf (as Aaron Woolf)

Film Editing by
Jeffrey K. Miller

Sound Department
Peter Levin .... sound re-recording mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
Taylor Gentry .... additional camerawork
Robert Hurst .... additional camerawork
Taylor Krauss .... additional camerawork

Editorial Department
Elliot Diviney .... assistant editor
Taylor Gentry .... assistant editor

Awards & Festivals

Festivals:
Hot Docs Film Festival
SXSW Film Festival

Film site & Reviews

» official site

Second Film: Island on the Edge

Island on the Edge looks at food security on Vancouver Island.

Nick Versteeg/CANADA/2008/70 minutes

Less than 10% of Vancouver Island's food is grown locally. This film investigates what might happen if the Island's links to the mainland (ferry and air) were disrupted. How long could Islanders be self-sustaining? What kinds of measures should residents adopt to enhance local agriculture?