Co-Op Wars, The

[Plays May 13-23 as part of the MSPIFF40 Film Festival; for more information, log on to mspfilm.org/festivals/mspiff for full schedule.] Peter Coyote narrates Deacon Warner's educational, inspirational, thought-provoking, 58-minute documentary about the rise of dozens of customer- and employee-owned grocery co-ops, which started with The People's Pantry, in the Twin Cities during the 1960s and 1970s that was geared to selling healthy, natural, unprocessed food in bulk and supporting sustainable farms and consists of insightful commentary by Georgeville commune founders (i.e., Keith Ruona, Suzy Shroyer, and Diana Lynn), Minneapolis council member Ed Felien, North Country Co-op organizer Dean Zimmerman, Storefront Revolution author Craig Cox, Beanery Co-op worker Ken Logsdon, co-op workers Lori Zuidema and Gary Cunningham, League of Revolutionary Black workers member Keith Cockrel, Marxist study group member Jerry Path, co-op cheese vendor Eve MacLeish, People's Company Bakery manager Julie Penner, DANCe Warehouse board member Dave Gutknecht, Seward Co-op worker Leo Cashman, Seward general manager Raynardo Williams, and People's Warehouse Policy Review board members Tracey Lea Landis, Annie Young, and Roberta and Lynette Malles.
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