'Big River' Screening at the Tivoli

Following up on their Peabody winning documentary, the "King Corn" boys are back. For "Big River", best friends Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis have returned to Iowa with a new mission: to investigate the environmental impact their acre of corn has sent to the people and places downstream.

In a journey that spans from the heartland to the Gulf of Mexico, Ian and Curt trade their combine for a canoe –– and set out to see the big world their little acre of corn has touched. On their trip, flashbacks to the pesticides they sprayed, the fertilizers they injected, and the soil they plowed now lead to new questions, explored by new experts in new places. Half of Iowa's topsoil, they learn, has been washed out to sea. Fertilizer runoff has spawned a hypoxic "dead zone" in the Gulf. And back at their acre, the herbicides they used are blamed for a cancer cluster that reaches all too close to home.

Screening will include a panel discussion and a viewing of a 50-minute version of "King Corn."

Thursday, January 21 at 7pm
Tivoli Theater, 6350 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63130
Tickets are $10 ($5 for Missouri Coalition for the Environment members)
Tickets are available online, but MCE members should RSVP by calling 314-727-0600 or emailing bdesmet@moenviron.org