Big river [electronic resource] : a King corn companion / co-production of Mosaic Films, Inc., and the Independent Television Service (ITVS), with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting ; additional production of Big River is in association with Wicked Delicate Films ; written by Curt Ellis, Aaron Woolf, Ian Cheney, Jeffrey K. Miller
- Additional Titles:
- King Corn companion [electronic resource]
- Published:
- Oley, Penn. : Bullfrog Films, [2009]
- Copyright Date:
- ©2009
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (77 min.) : sound, color
- Additional Creators:
- Woolf, Aaron, Ellis, Curt, Cheney, Ian, Miller, Jeffrey K., Ramsey, Bo, Chakedis, Spencer, Mosaic Films, Wicked Delicate Films, Independent Television Service, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Bullfrog Films, and WoWz (Musical group)
Access Online
- Language Note:
- In English ; closed captioned.
- Restrictions on Access:
- Remote access restricted to authorized users.
- Summary:
- King Corn tells the story of two college friends from Boston, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, who move to Iowa to plant an acre of corn and follow their harvest into the food system. In Big River, they investigate the environmental impact their acre of corn has had on the people and places downstream.
- Subject(s):
- Corn industry—United States
- Corn products industry—United States
- Corn products industry—Environmental aspects
- Corn—Processing—United States
- Corn as food—United States
- Corn as food—Health aspects
- Corn as feed—United States
- Agriculture—Iowa
- Farms—Iowa—Butler County
- Herbicides—Environmental aspects—Iowa
- Herbicides—Environmental aspects—United States
- Agricultural pollution—United States
- Corn—Fertilizers—Environmental aspects
- Fertilizers—Environmental aspects
- Water—Pollution—Iowa
- Pesticides—Environmental aspects—United States
- Groundwater—Effect of chemicals on.
- Groundwater—Pollution—United States
- Mexico, Gulf of—Effect of water pollution on.
- Related Titles:
- King corn (Motion picture : 2008)
King corn - Audience Notes:
- Grades 9-12, college students, adults.
- Note:
- Big River originally produced and released in 2009.
Title from title frames.
AVAILABLE ONLINE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS. - Creation/Production Credits Note:
- Big River : Produced by Curt Ellis, Aaron Woolf ; cameras, Sam Cullman, Aaron Woolf, Taylor Gentry, Robert Hurst, Ian Cheney ; edited by Jeffrey K. Miller, Sandra Guardado, Ian Cheney, Martin Burga ; directed by Curt Ellis ; original music, the WoWz with Bo Ramsey, Spencer Chakedis ; co-produced by Ian Cheney, Wicked Delicate Films.
King Corn : Produced and directed by Aaron Woolf ; co-produced by Curt Ellis, Ian Cheney ; cameras, Sam Cullman, Ian Cheney, Aaron Woolf ; edited by Jeffrey K. Miller ; original music by the WoWz, Bo Ramsey, Spencer Chakedis. - Participant/Performer Note:
- Featuring Ian Cheney, Curt Ellis.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
System requirements: Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 or higher; Firefox 4.0 or higher; Flash or HTML5 player.
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