"King Corn" will help you see how corny America really is.

King Corn First of Four Films

Thursday, June 17 we open the summer season of the Local Motion Film Series with King Corn.

This engaging, eye-opening documentary tells the story of modern American dependence on one crop–corn–laden with pesticides, genetically modified, subsidized by tax dollars, and seemingly everywhere in the food chain. A funny, informative, and whimsical film about just how corny modern America really is.

After the film, two experts on holistic health, nutrition, and sustainable business will answer questions. Ted Butchart is a naturopathic physician educated at Bastyr University in Seattle, with offices in Charlottesville and Staunton.  Ted has been on the board of Blue Ridge Permaculture and has taught classes in permaculture and straw bale construction for over 20 years.  His wife Ellen Butchart is an MBA candidate in Sustainable Management at Bainbridge Graduate Institute (www.bgi.edu) in Seattle.

The Rest of the Series

Our other showings will be held on the third Thursday of each month:

July 15 – Save Our Land, Save Our Towns
August 19 — A Crude Awakening, Life After the Oil Crash
September 16 – The Green House; Design It. Build It. Live It.

All showings begin at 7pm at the Mockingbird Restaurant at 123 W. Beverley Street in downtown Staunton. Doors open at 5:30pm for dinner — Come enjoy local food and brews with great conversation.

We hope to see you there!

The most fun bummer film we've ever seen.

After the success of our showing of Coal Country at the end of February, we are now announcing the next three showings in Transition Staunton Augusta’s Local Motion Film Series.

These films will make you think. They will inspire you. And they may make you angry. But however they make you feel, we hope the films will offer our community a chance to begin talking together about peak oil, local food, and how to build an economy beyond fossil fuels that will help Staunton and Augusta County enjoy prosperity in the future.

Films are on shown the third Thursday of each month:

March 18 — DIRT! The Movie

April 15 — Fresh

May 20 — The End of Suburbia

All films take place at the Mockingbird restaurant in Staunton and begin at 7:00 p.m. But the doors open at 5:30, so please join us for dinner beforehand.

Come eat great local food, drink local brews, and connect with friends, new and old. We hope to see you there!

Thanks to our friends at the Spencer Center at Mary Baldwin College and Staunton Green 2020, who have helped us put on this series.