Pie Can Change the World.

PIEOWA: A PIECE OF AMERICA is about pie and the outsized role it plays in Iowa's—and America's—culture, and the many ways this humble pastry can unite us.

Pie is not only an iconic American dessert, it is a nonpartisan symbol kindness, comfort, generosity, unity, and love—all the things we need more of right now. To convey how something as simple as a homemade pie can make the world a better place, filmmaker, author, and piemaker Beth M. Howard aims her lens at her native Iowa, where pie is woven into the state’s cultural fabric from church fundraisers to nostalgic diners, farmers markets, myriad pie shops, international flavors, Iowa State Fair competitions, and the next generation of piemakers. There’s even a 500-mile bike ride across the state where people come from all over the world just to eat pie every day. We learn how pie, an immigrant that can be traced back to ancient Egypt, is as diverse as America’s population. Wholesome, heartfelt, and hopeful, PIEOWA: A PIECE OF AMERICA, is as satisfying as a slice of warm apple pie.

2025 RECIPIENT OF IOWA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY'S GREEN LIGHT GRANT

We received a grant for finishing funds, however, the grant requires us to match 50% of it in additional funds. All funds will be used for post production costs such as editing, sound mixing, color correction, film festival submissions, and public screenings.

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ABOUT THE PRODUCER/DIRECTOR

BETH M. HOWARD is the author Making Piece: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Pie; the cookbook, Ms. American Pie; and World Piece: A Pie Baker’s Global Quest for Peace, Love, and Understanding. She has given a TEDx Talkon the healing powers of pie. From 2010 to 2014, she lived in the iconic American Gothic House in Eldon, Iowa, where she ran the Pitchfork Pie Stand. In 2015, she embarked on a round-the-world journey teaching pie classes in nine countries to promote world peace. Howard responded to the Sandy Hook Shooting in 2012 by organizing 60 volunteers to bake 250 pies for the residents of Newtown, Connecticut. Her story has been featured in The New York Times, CBS This Morning, CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360, BBC, NPR, the Los Angeles Times, Forbes, Reader’s Digest, and more. Her documentary film, Pieowa: A Piece of America, will be released in 2025.

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