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Film Fest Raises Up 'King Corn' - November 19, 2007
GREAT BARRINGTON - The Berkshire International Film Festival and the Triplex Cinema continue their monthly free screenings with the presentation of the award-winning documentary "King Corn" on Sunday, Dec. 2, at 11 a.m.
"King Corn" is about two friends, one acre of corn and the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation. 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, 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.
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"Further evidence that everything is bad for you is offered by 'King Corn,' which reveals how the U.S. farming staple is much more present in our diet - and having much more of an effect on our ever-expanding national waistline - than consumers realize. No doubt inspired to some degree by 'Super Size Me,' this equally engaging, slightly better-crafted docu deftly balances humor and insight." - Variety
"'King Corn' insists that we recognize the Corn Belt's beauty and intelligence along with its somewhat self-induced plight ... It's fair to say that a meaner documentary might have packed more punch. But it's hard to imagine Michael Moore turning out anything that feels as pleasantly nourishing." - The Boston Globe
The festival will be held May 15 to 18 at the Triplex Cinema, the historic Mahaiwe Theatre and Mixed Company. Passes for the 2008 festival will go on sale Friday, Nov. 23. For further information on BIFF, visit www.biffma.com . |
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