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Hybrid 7:00pm, Monday, October 15, Park Auditorium, Ithaca College |
Also screening Tuesday, Cornell University
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Hybrid 7:00pm, Monday, October 15, Park Auditorium, Ithaca College |
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a rather unusual form, where animations of crawling and mating
corncobs alternate with poetic nature scenes, Hybrid tells
the story of an extraordinary life, dedicated to corn. Milford
Beeghly began his seed company in the 1930's, experimenting with
hybrid corn in secret and peddling it on the road to skeptical
farmers at a time when intervening in the natural process was
thought of by some as an oddity, hoax or sin. A magnificent meditation
on the Midwest, Hybrid delves deep into one family's complex
relationships with an eccentric, alienated man who doesn't know
how to communicate with his family, but finds complete solace
in Iowa's rustling cornfields. Winner, Grand Jury Prize, Slamdance
Film Festival; winner, Best Documentary, South by Southwest Film
Festival. Directed by Montieth McCollum. 2000, USA, 93 min. |