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POV S4E8 — Turn Here Sweet Corn

POV•Season 4•Episode 8

Turn Here Sweet Corn

Jul 9, 199160 min

A search for meaning beyond cliches and nostalgia, as a family farm is lost to speculative suburban real estate developers. The camera moves through a Minnesota corn field and finds a photograph of a suburban tract clothes-pinned to a cornstalk. Layered with visual and emotional

Directed byHelen De Michiel

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Episode Summary

"Turn Here Sweet Corn" is episode 8 of POV season 4. Directed by Helen De Michiel, it aired on July 9, 1991.

Next: E9 · Tongues Untied Best of Season 4