[THC] Premiere of MILK [and beer] IN THE LAND

[Kurt Brenneman]

I found this apropos to drinking with gusto, and considering the trailer and
references to distilleries and the bygone era when Americans drank more beer
than milk thought that it might be of interest to those of the "homie"
persuasion:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t9T9WrYgxs&feature=channel_page

MILK IN THE LAND
A Film by Ariana Gerstein & Monteith McCollum

Milk has long been considered a staple of the American diet, the perfect
food, a
 pure gift of nature. This quirky and entertaining documentary examines the
relationship
between the popular drink and culture, revealing how milk became America's
staple
beverage as well as a powerful symbol of American patriotism and progress.
MILK IN THE LAND traces the history of the national consumption of milk,
from the
mid-19th century swill cow stables-an urban byproduct of distilleries, when
Americans
drank more beer than milk-to today's industrialized production of
homogenized and
pasteurized milk, which produces vast surpluses of dairy products stored in
underground
government depots
This provocative film will provide viewers with new and surprising insights
into
 this commonplace but iconic American drink and contemporary debates over
the nutritional
merits of raw vs. pasteurized milk, independent vs. industrial farming
techniques,
seasonal vs. year-round milking, and whether our land of plenty has been
transformed
into a land of waste.

http://www.icarusfilms.com/new2008/milk.html

Opening Friday, March 6th at Facets Cinematheque in Chicago, the new film
film MILK IN THE LAND is being hailed by critics as, "fascinating. . . a
truly haunting portrait of industrialization,"

(HotDocs Festival program) and as an, "inventively historicized documentary
[which]
unearths the sundry political, moral, and scientific platforms that got milk
to
its current post as beleagured alpha beverage . . .an investigation that
leaves
no cow unturned." (Flavorpill)


One-week theatrical premiere!

http://www.facets.org/asticat?function=web&catname=facets&web=cinematheque&path=/archive/march2009/milk

** HotDocs International Documentary Festival **
** Nashville International Film Festival **
** Atlanta Film Festival **
** Big Sky Documentary Film Festival **

"Truly captivating. . . makes clear that natures perfect food is
inextricably bound
to the social history of America."
- Lisa Tucker, Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture
"Spooky, sad, and perhaps a little cautionary. . . a memorable documentary."
- Marty Mapes, Movie Habit
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