documentary about milk in america march 6-12th

facets is showing a doc. starting tomorrow about milk. see their description below. i havent seen it yet, but it sounds interesting. (and yes, parking is very easy around facets) justjoan



The Facets Cinémathèque is located at 1517 W. Fullerton Ave. in Chicago. For more information on films playing in the Cinémathèque, please call 773-281-4114. To order advance tickets online, visit the TicketWeb website by clicking here.
Chicago Premiere MILK IN THE LAND


Milk has long been considered a staple of the American diet, the perfect food, a pure gift of nature.
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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
. Directed by Ariana Gerstein and Monteith McCollum, USA, 2008, DVD, 75 mins.

Directors' site YouTube trailer

Showtimes:
Fri., Mar. 6 at 7 & 9 pm
Sat.-Sun., Mar. 7-8 at 3, 5, 7 & 9 pm
Mon.-Thurs., Mar. 9-12 at 7 & 9 pm

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