King Corn

King Corn

Release Date

2009

Director

  • Aaron Woolf

Cast

  • Bob Bledsoe
  • Earl L. Butz
  • Dawn Cheney
  • Ian Cheney
  • Curt Ellis

King Corn is a feature documentary about two friends, one acre of corn, and the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation.

In this award-winning documentary, two recent college graduates travel to Iowa to investigate the role that corn plays in an increasingly complicated and dysfunctional American food industry. After planting their own small crop of corn and tracing its journey through the industry, they are alarmed to discover that corn figures in almost everything Americans eat. The consequences of this are examined through interviews with various experts and industry insiders, providing a balanced look at this American agricultural issue.

Past Programs

2014

Human Health, Food, and Modern Farming

Indiana University Cinema, Bloomington, IN

2017

The World According to Corn

Media Arts Center San Diego, San Diego, CA