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King Corn

King Corn

You Are What You Eat.

20076.31h 28m

Overview

King Corn is a fun and crusading journey into the digestive tract of our fast food nation where one ultra-industrial, pesticide-laden, heavily-subsidized commodity dominates the food pyramid from top to bottom – corn. Fueled by curiosity and a dash of naiveté, two college buddies return to their ancestral home of Greene, Iowa to figure out how a modest kernel conquered America. With the help of some real farmers, oodles of fertilizer and government aide, and some genetically modified seeds, the friends manage to grow one acre of corn. Along the way, they unlock the hilarious absurdities and scary but hidden truths about America’s modern food system in this engrossing and eye-opening documentary.

Directed by Aaron Woolf
Written by Jeffrey K. Miller, Curtis Ellis, Aaron Woolf
Produced by Curtis Ellis, Ian Cheney, Aaron Woolf
Box Office0Revenue: $81K

Top Cast

Ian Cheney

Ian Cheney

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Curtis Ellis

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Earl L. Butz

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Michael Pollan

Michael Pollan

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Themes & Keywords

iowaagriculturefood industrycornfarming

About King Corn

King Corn is a documentary film released in 2007 exploring themes of iowa, agriculture, food industry, corn, farming. Directed by Aaron Woolf, it stars Ian Cheney, Curtis Ellis, Earl L. Butz. King Corn is a fun and crusading journey into the digestive tract of our fast food nation where one ultra-industrial, pesticide-laden, heavily-subsidized commodity dominates the food pyramid from top to bottom – corn. Fueled by curiosity and a dash of naiveté, two college buddies return to their ancestral home of Greene, Iowa to figure out how a modest kernel conquered America. With the help of some real farmers, oodles of fertilizer and government aide, and some genetically modified seeds, the friends manage to grow one acre of corn. Along the way, they unlock the hilarious absurdities and scary but hidden truths about America’s modern food system in this engrossing and eye-opening documentary.

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