Milk in The Land, Ballad of An American Drink is a 90 minute poetic/essay/documentary by Ariana Gerstein and Monteith McCollum completed in 2007.  It was created with a mix of 16mm and digital video.Original Music was composed by Monteith McCollum. Select songs with Mark Hadsell. 

Produced and Directed by Ariana Gerstein and Monteith McCollum

Edited by Ariana Gerstein

Cinematography by Monteith McCollum

Additional Cinematography by Ariana Gerstein, Christian Carson, Mike Jarmon.

Animation ( film) by Monteith McCollum

Animation (digital) by Ariana Gerstein

Written by Ariana Gerstein

Original Music Soundtrack by Montieith McCollum, select songs with Marc Hadsell

Cast list:
Collectors: Rozz Berman, Daniel R. Block, Jinny Brodesky,
Melanie Dupuis, Ron Schmid N.D., Rob and Pam Moore,
Noelle Foster Feliciano, Jim Sheppard,
Robert Cohen, John Powers.

This film was made possible through partial funding from NYSCA, Rockefellar Foundation, Kodak, and the NEA.

Sponsorship through the Experimental Television Center, P.O.V., and IMAGE.

Lyrical cinematography, animation, and original music contribute to the wonder and humor of this portrait of America
as seen through a cup of milk.

”Milk in The Land” weaves together a quirky, alternative history of America’s most committed culinary choice.
Food and culture are bound in mysterious ways. Milk is often assumed to be the perfect food, consumed since the
beginning of time, delivered to us all as a pure gift of nature. This film amplifies and re-centers the whispered and
marginalized --yet still deeply revealing ideas surrounding this iconic American product.