Why do we eat popcorn at the movies? - Andrew Smith
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Soft percussion and a toasty scent mark the violent transformation of tough seeds into cloud-like puffs. This is the almost magical process of popcorn-making. Dozens of kinds of popcorn are now grown in the US, with different strains assuming distinctive shapes when their kernels explode. So, how did we actually end up with this whimsical food? Andrew Smith traces the history of popcorn.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Andrew Smith
- Director Mitchelle Tamariz
- Narrator Addison Anderson
- Music Salil Bhayani, cAMP Studio
- Sound Designer Zavid Lan, cAMP Studio
- Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
- Senior Producer Anna Bechtol
- Associate Producer Sazia Afrin
- Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal
- Script Producer Cella Wright
- Script Editor Alex Gendler
- Fact-Checker Charles Wallace
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