King Corn

In a documentary directed by Aaron Woolf, a pair of college friends move from the East coast back to Iowa where they raise an acre of corn and then look on in amazement and dismay as it moves through the marketplace.

“A deceptively intelligent new entry in the regular-Joe documentary genre.” (Andrew O’Hehir, salon.com)

“This is as much a thoughtful meditation on the plight of the American farmer as it is a rant against our expanding waistlines.” (Robert Wilonsky, Village Voice)