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
Get Involved
Second Film: Island on the Edge
Island on the Edge looks at food security on Vancouver Island.
Nick Versteeg/ Canada/ 2008/ 70 min
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?
Link for the trailer: http://www.dvcuisine.com/Videos/island_on_the_edge.html
Credits
director: Nick Versteeg
producers: Don Genova, Jason Found
writer: Don Genova
Awards & Festivals
Screened at the 8th Annual World Community Film Festival
Film site & Reviews
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