King Corn - Movie Sample
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Program: The Iowa Journal #152
Broadcast Date: Apr. 21, 2008
The movie “King Corn” was produced by two film makers, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, from the east coast who lived in Greene, Iowa for a year. The film documents their experiences of raising an acre of corn and following it into the system. They find out about the amount of grain in the system, the uses for it and farm subsidies.
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