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King corn, Balcony Releasing presents a Mosaic Films production ; a film by Aaron Woolf, Curt Ellis, Ian Cheney ; a co-production of Mosaic Films Incorporated and the Independent Television Service (ITVS) with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting ; written by Aaron Woolf, Ian Cheney, Curt Ellis, Jeffrey K. Miller ; co-produced by Ian Cheney, Curt Ellis ; produced and directed by Aaron Woolf

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King corn

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Balcony Releasing presents a Mosaic Films production ; a film by Aaron Woolf, Curt Ellis, Ian Cheney ; a co-production of Mosaic Films Incorporated and the Independent Television Service (ITVS) with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting ; written by Aaron Woolf, Ian Cheney, Curt Ellis, Jeffrey K. Miller ; co-produced by Ian Cheney, Curt Ellis ; produced and directed by Aaron Woolf

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Fueled by curiosity and a dash of naiveté, college buddies Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis return to their ancestral home of Greene, Iowa, to find out how the modest corn kernel conquered America. With the help of real farmers, powerful fertilizer, government aid, and genetically modified seeds, the friends manage to grow one acre of corn. Along the way, they unlock the hidden truths about America's modern food system--From publisher description

Special features: deleted scenes: 'Chicago: hauling the harvest to the Board of Trade'; 'Washington DC: talking corn on Capitol Hill. -- Featurettes: 'The king corn in the corn belt tour'; 'The lost basement lectures'; WoWz music video; photo gallery; filmmaker biographies

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