My Best Experience Producing a Community Cinema Event: Sydney Meyer – KETC TV – St. Louis

KING CORN Event Attendees Mingle and Learn

350 people filled the Missouri History Museum Lobby for the KETC St. Louis Channel 9 Community Cinema screening of the film KING CORN on March 8, 2008.

The night began an hour early with a festive Farmers Market loaded with “healthy foods”. The market had excellent resources with great information and wonderful locally grown, healthy foods. The “Healthiest Potato Chip You Can Get” was the Channel 9 staff’s favorite! It was fun and informative and people were really enjoying themselves. It was a great way to begin the KING CORN evening.

KING CORN event attendees browse the event's farmers market

After the film and discussion we ended the night with an after-the-film event at a local, near-by restaurant. The owner prepared a special KING CORN dish – “Fresh, buttery Sea Scallops and a zesty relish made with bi-colored corn grown for us by sweet corn local, farm specialists. The big, fat, juicy kernels have captured the bright sun and blue skies of a long Missouri Summer, lying blissfully at slumber in our big freezer since August of ’07.”

KING CORN Learning Station

I just loved that colorful description after our discussion had pointed out our lost connection with the food we eat! The conversation continued into the night ending with the idea there need to be more films on this topic and other environmental issues. This is a very popular subject with our audiences.

Thanks, the film was a great pick. We “hunger” for more films from the KING CORN producers!

Sydney Meyer
Project Manager
KETC TV
St. Louis, MO

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