Corner Plot

Directors: Andre Dahlman, Ian Cook
Category: Environment
Total Running Time: 10 min.
Release Date: 2010
Website. http://cornerplotmovie.com

Synopsis

Amid the tangle of commuter traffic, shopping malls and office buildings that define life inside the Washington, DC Beltway rests a one-acre piece of farmland under the care of 89-year-old Charlie Koiner. With the help of his only daughter, Charlie continues to work his land, share his produce and enjoy the farm life he’s always known. Corner Plot explores one man’s steadfast authenticity in a changing world.

The protagonist in the film embodies entrepreneurship and ingenuity, growing his own produce to both sustain himself and maintain a steady revenue stream. And the fact that he’s a working octogenarian underscores the truism that work ethic dies hard in America.

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About the Filmmakers

IAN COOK is a Washington, DC-based cinematographer and documentary filmmaker. He has photographed a range of documentary and narrative features, television programs and short films. His most recent projects include the HBO’s Academy Award-nominated documentary The Last Truck: The Closing of GM Plant (2009), the PBS documentary Whiz Kids (2009) and the documentary feature Murphy’s Gambit: A Chess Hustler’s Story. Cook is currently completing the exploration of a West Bank kindergarten in Proximity, a short documentary slated for completion later this year.

ANDRE DAHLMAN is a documentary filmmaker native to Washington, DC. After studying at the University of Toronto, he moved to New Zealand to direct the award-winning documentary Southern Faces (2004). He subsequently returned to the District, and recently completed Yes We Did: The People’s Inauguration (2010), a documentary feature exploring Washington DC’s response to Barack Obama’s historic presidential inauguration. Dahlman is currently in post-production on his third documentary feature Murphy’s Gambit: A Chess Hustler’s Story, which chronicles the life of a homeless, hustling chess savant as he attempts to get off the streets and beat an addiction to drugs. In 2008, Dahlman partnered with Ian Cook to form Dahlman/Cook Productions, a film production company based in Washington, DC.