If you eat or you know someone who eats, this film is for you.

"Educational and entertaining."

-Dr. Henry J. Heimlich

"A hilarious piece of absurdist humor."

-The Miami Herald

"You do not want to miss this ground-breaking look at

the history of the Heimlich Maneuver."

-New York Underground Film Festival

"This film is not suitable for public television."

-Miami Public Television, Senior Programming Executive

THE RACE for the atomic bomb. The contest to find the structure of DNA. The search for the cure for cancer. And of course, in what is arguably one of the least publicized but just as tenacious scientific battles of all time: The race to discover the Heimlich Maneuver. By the early 1970’s, the country was in the midst of a choking crisis. Rice, Corn, Meatloaf, Coins, Peanuts, Raisins, Hotdogs and Pie... Every item a potential killer. THE HISTORY OF CHOKING is a story of controversy, chaos, politics, pain and joy.

Featuring Interviews with Dr. Henry J. Heimlich, Archival Footage, Historical Reenactments, and a man named Erick Estrada. This is the film that the Canadian Government does not want you to see.

Screenings

New York Underground Film Festival

Maryland Film Festival

Other Cinema San Francisco

Macabro (Mexico City)

Chicago Underground Film Festival (Best Short Documentary)

20,000 Leagues (Cleveland)

Melbourne Independent Film Festival

Press

The Miami Herald:

Festival reviews. Chicago Reader, NYUFF, Indiewire:

Release Print, San Francisco:

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