| There is a revolution
going on in the farm fields and on the dinner tables of America; a revolution
that, in quite alarming ways, is transforming the very nature of the food
we eat. This film by GRATEFUL DAWG collaborator Deborah Koons Garcia offers
an in-depth investigation into the disturbing trends behind the unlabeled,
patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled US grocery
store shelves for the past decade. Shot on location in the US, Canada and
Mexico, the film gives voice to farmers whose livelihoods have been negatively
impacted by this new technology and by the multinational corporations that
are slowly beginning to control the world's food system. The film argues
there is a food crisis and that organic and sustainable agriculture alternatives
may be the only real solutions. This is a film whose point of view should
be carefully considered, particularly before you sit down to your next meal.
Director/Writer/Producer:
Deborah Koons Garcia
Deborah Koons Garcia
fell in love with filmmaking when she first picked up a Bolex at the University
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Her educational series All About Babies,
narrated by Jane Alexander, won a Gold Medal from the John Muir Medical
Film Festival. Her feature film POCO LOCO won awards at the Philadelphia,
Rivertown and Central Florida Film Festivals. She was the chief creative
consultant for GRATEFUL DAWG, the film about the musical friendship between
her husband Jerry Garcia and David Grisman.
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