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• Independent Lens returns in October

  Published: August 11, 2007, 6:02 am

  Tags: An Unreasonable Man, China, Documentaries, Independent Lens, King Corn, Mapping Stem Cell Research, Miss Navajo, Pbs, Terrence Howard, Terrencehoward, Vote For Me, Wordplay

  their black communities; King Corn, about two college students who grow their own food to challenge big agri-business; Miss Navajo, which centers on a unique Native American beauty pageant; Iron Ladies of Liberia focuses on the first head of state in Africa; Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita, about a neurologist trying to find a

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• King Corn Coming to Theaters Near You

  Published: September 29, 2007, 6:00 am

  Tags: American Agriculture, King Corn, Movie

  about the crop that is taking over America. The tale they tell in the documentary King Corn is entertaining, enlightening and funny. Regardless if you have or haven't read Michael Pollan's treatise on agriculture in the U.S. - The Omnivore's Dilemma - you should see this film. If you are what you eat, then we are all corn! King Corn will

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• Foodie Films: King Corn

  Published: October 12, 2007, 5:36 pm

  Tags: Agriculture, Cheap Food, Food Production, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Iowa, King Corn, Kingcorn

  country, cast their eyes on corn growing in Iowa. They head for Greene, Iowa, a town from which they both happen to descend. They lease an acre of land from a local farmer and plant their corn. They stay with their crop, all the while doing research into cattle feed lots, the production of high fructose corn syrup, the diabetes epidemic in

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• King Corn: A Food Documentary to Watch

  Published: October 16, 2007, 1:45 pm

  Tags: Movies, Dieting, Corn Syrup, Documentaries, King Corn, Super Size Me

  on your plate is corn.” That line, uttered by an interviewee in King Corn, is essentially the premise behind this new food-focused documentary. Much the way that Super Size Me uses a clever gimmick to take on the fast-food industry, King Corn follows two friends, Ian Cheney and Kurt Ellis, who move to Iowa [...] Related

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• An author, a documentary, Glinda, early influences, and why reading this pays off

  Published: November 6, 2007, 12:02 am

  Tags: Alamo Drafthouse, Books, Movies, Aj Jacobs, Halloween, Harry Potter, Jared Diamond, King Corn, Lars And The Real Girl

  thrilling. Except for “King Corn”! It starts a week-long run at Alamo Ritz on Friday, and so I’m doubly thrilled. When I walked past the Ritz on Halloween, (more…)

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• Jeffrey M. Anderson's 400 Screens, 400 Blows - Into Great Docs

  Published: December 5, 2007, 1:32 pm

  Tags: An Unreasonable Man, Cinematical, Crumb, Documentaries, Film, Into Great Silence, King Corn, Movie, My Kid Could Paint That, Robert Flaherty, Romantico, Strange Culture, The King Of Kong A Fistful Of Quarters

  video became a viable filmmaking tool, but 2007 really has been a great year for documentaries. Still, it takes more to impress me than a film about the war or the environment, and cute penguins only go so far. Most documentaries behave as if they were newspapers. They're relevant today, but tomorrow they're lining birdcages. Or at least someone

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• Indies on DVD: 'King Corn,' 'Nanking,' 'Berkeley'

  Published: April 29, 2008, 4:02 am

  Tags: Aaron Wolf, Aaronwolf, Berkeley, Bobby Roth, Bobbyroth, King Corn, Kingcorn, Nanking

  wrote that Aaron Wolf's King Corn "is as much a thoughtful meditation on the plight of the American farmer as it is a rant against our expanding waistlines." The doc follows two college friends as they learn about their shared "agricultural heritage, and the tale of how kernels of corn have insidiously worked their way into America's diet."

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