[OKC] King Corn documentary screening and panel discussion TONIGHT 7:30 pm at OKC Museum of Art

[Jennifer Gooden]

There has been a lot of interest in tonight's screening of King Corn.
If you're planning to go, you might want to get there early to make sure
you get a ticket.
 
See you there,
 
Jennifer Gooden
Program Coordinator
Homeless Alliance
 

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Quick reminder about next week's special screening of the King Corn
documentary.  No reservations are required, but let us know if you plan
to attend.  This is a very interesting film and we will have a thought
provoking panel discussion following the film.

 

When:  Thursday February 28th at 7:30pm (film) followed by panel
discussion.  

(The film will be shown again on Friday, February 29th at 5:30pm and 8pm
- not panel discussion)

Where: Oklahoma City Museum of Art - 415 Couch Drive in OKC
www.okcmoa.com <http://www.okcmoa.com/> 

Cost:  Attendees affiliated with the above groups  $5/person (honor
system).  Others $8 adults/ $6 seniors and students.  

 

Slow Food OKC and the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, in association with
the OK Fit Kids Coalition, Oklahoma Food Coop, Sustainable OKC,
deadCENTER Film and OETA are proud to present a special screening of the
critically acclaimed documentary, King Corn followed by a panel
discussion led by community leaders and experts.

  

About the Film King Corn:

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

 

In King Corn, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, best friends from college on
the east coast, move to the heartland to learn where their food comes
from.  With the help of friendly neighbors, genetically modified seeds,
and powerful herbicides, they plant and grow a bumper crop of America 's
most-productive, most-subsidized grain on one acre of Iowa soil.  But
when they try to follow their pile of corn into the food system, what
they find raises troubling questions about how we eat-and how we farm.
For more information about the film including reviews and a trailer
please visit the website www.kingcorn.net

 

About our panelists:  We have assembled a fantastic group for our panel
discussion on issues covered in the film - issues that impact everyone -
sustainable agriculture, the impact of the farm subsidy program on the
production of corn, the impact of low corn prices on obesity and general
health, and much more.  Panelists will take questions from the audience
and speak from their experience and areas of expertise.

 

*        Kamala Gamble - Moderator- Slow Food OKC Co-Founder, Organic
Gardener and Chef

*        Karen Funderburg, MS RD/LD, Chairman, Nutritional Sciences,
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and Registered Dietitian

*        Tawni Holmes, PhD- Professor of Nutrition, University of
Central Oklahoma & Registered Dietitian

*        Anne Roberts - Director, Oklahoma Fit Kids Coalition

*        Jonathan Willner PhD - Professor of Economics, Director of
Global Programs, Meinders School of Business, Oklahoma City University

*        Robert Waldrop -President, Oklahoma Food Coop

*        Doug Walton - Community Foods Coordinator - Kerr Center for
Sustainable Agriculture

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