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Food and Farms Film Series
Schedule:

Thursday, June 9th
7:00pm
• Terminator Tomatoes
(5 min, Suzanne Twining, 2001)
This short film uses stop-motion animation puppets by Portland filmmaker Suzanne Twining to tell the story of a small time farmer who gets too involved with a chemical corporation's idea of a tomato. The film points out the dangers of biologically altered seeds and produce.

• Fed Up!
(57 minutes, Angelo Sacerdote, 2002)
http://www.wholesomegoodness.org
An film essay on the media and the biotech industry's roles in shaping what consumers understand about where their food comes from by Angelo Sacerdote. Both hilarious and disturbing, Fed Up! answers many questions regarding genetic engineering and the use of modern pesticides.


8:30pm
• The True Cost of Food
(15 min.) www.truecostoffood.org
A Sierra Club and Sustainable Consumption Committee film created by Free Range Graphics. This film encourages people to think of the environmental impacts of their consumption choices and demonstrates that making thoughtful decisions make a difference.

• Broken Limbs: Apples, Agriculture and the New American Farmer
(57 minutes, Jamie Howell and Guy Evans, 2004)
www.bullfrogfilms.com
An oddly hopeful film by Wenatchee, Wash. filmmakers Jamie Howell and Guy Evans that presents the hometown perspective of farmers troubled by the effects of consolidation and globalization. Broken Limbs explores thoughtful ways individuals can play a role in creating a more sustainable solution to the American agricultural crisis.

Friday, June 10th
7:00pm
• King Corn
(10 minute trailer by Aaron Woolf, Curt Ellis and Ian Cheney, 2005)
www.kingcorn.net
Preview the trailer for this forthcoming feature documentary about America's corn-fed food system. Currently in post-production, King Corn tells the story of two young city slickers who move to Iowa to grow an acre of the nation's most powerful crop, corn, and follow their harvest to its final consumption as corn-fed meat, corn syrup sodas, and processed food. Directed by award-winning filmmaker Aaron Woolf and produced by Ian Cheney and Portland native Curt Ellis, King Corn incorporates archival footage, irony and humor into a fast-paced investigation of how we eat, and how we live.

• Deconstructing Supper
(48 minutes, Marianne Kaplan, 2002)
www.bullfrogfilms.com
Renowned chef John Bishop takes viewers on an eye-opening journey behind the scenes of global food production. His quest, starting at a gourmet restaurant, leads to biotech laboratories and farmers' fields, in attempts to show viewers where food comes from and the implications of our food choices.

8:30pm
• The Head Table
(6 min. Produced locally by Deborah Kane, Will Work For Food Productions and David Poulshock, Red Door Films)
www.theheadtable.net
Preview the trailer for the next season of the highly successful series that tackles controversial food-related issues ranging from obesity to school lunch programs. The Head Table features local experts, facts, humorous discussion, candid debate and cooking how-to.

• Hybrid: One Man's Passion for Corn
(92 minutes, Monteith McCollum, 2002)
www.der.org/films/hybrid.html|
This portrayal of a Midwestern man's obsession for hybrid corn is a beautiful and wonderful, yet odd and striking cinematic adventure. Seven years in the making, this film is part history of agricultural practices during the depression and a science lesson on the procreation of corn. Hybrid has accumulated numerous accolades at several film festivals.

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