HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 20 Admit-Two Passes to ‘Food, Inc.’ Screening in Chicago

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CHICAGO – In our latest edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 20 admit-two passes up for grabs to the Chicago screening of the new documentary “Food, Inc.,” which lifts the veil on the nation’s food industry from filmmaker Robert Kenner.

To win your free pass to the advance screening of “Food, Inc.” in Chicago courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, all you need to do is be one of the first 20 people to submit a comment in this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup. That’s it!

The screening will be held on June 15, 2009 at 7 p.m. in Chicago. Directions to enter this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup and immediately win can be found beneath the graphic below.

The movie poster for the documentary “Food, Inc.” from director Robert Kenner.
Image credit: Magnolia Pictures

Here is the “Food, Inc.” plot description:

In “Food, Inc.,” filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry. He exposes the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the U.S. consumer with the consent of our government’s regulatory agencies (the USDA and FDA).

Our nation’s food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment.

We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, insecticide-resistant soybean seeds and even tomatoes that won’t go bad. But we also have new strains of E. coli: the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity (particularly among children) and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults.

Featuring interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser (“Fast Food Nation”), Michael Pollan (“The Omnivore’s Dilemma”) along with forward-thinking social entrepreneurs like Stonyfield Farms’ Gary Hirschberg and Polyface Farms’ Joe Salatin, “Food, Inc.” reveals surprising and often shocking truths about what we eat, how it’s produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here.

To secure your free tickets now, make sure you’re logged into your HollywoodChicago.com account. If you don’t yet have one, you can quickly register here. Having an account with a valid e-mail address is required. Then, simply add a new comment in the form below. In your comment, include an answer to this simple question:

Like all Hookups here, this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film is simple: The first 20 people to comment below win! We will be in touch with the 20 winners to distribute your passes. The documentary “Food, Inc.” from director Robert Kenner opens in Chicago on June 19, 2009 from Magnolia Pictures.

By ADAM FENDELMAN Editor-in-Chief HollywoodChicago.com adam@hollywoodchicago.com