OUR COMPLEX FOOD SYSTEM RESTS ON THE WINGS OF THE HONEY BEE AND THE COMMERCIAL BEEKEEPERS THAT MOVE THEM FROM FARM TO ORCHARD POLLINATING THE CROPS THAT PRODUCE THE FOOD WE EAT.
The award-winning documentary THE POLLINATORS, will be released across all digital platforms on June 16, 2020, right ahead of National Pollinator Week (June 22 – 28).
THE POLLINATORS is a cinematic journey around the United States following migratory beekeepers and their truckloads of honey bees as they pollinate the flowers that become the fruits, nuts and vegetables we all eat. The many challenges the beekeepers and their bees face en route reveal flaws to our simplified chemically dependent agriculture system. We talk to farmers, scientists, chefs and academics along the way to give a broad perspective about the threats to honey bees, what it means to our food security and how we can improve it.
Regarding production, director, cinematographer and producer Peter Nelson wrote: "We filmed THE POLLINATORS for over a year and travelled across the United States to tell this story of migratory beekeepers and their essential role in our food system, but we produced this documentary right here in the Hudson Valley and there are many beautiful images and important scenes filmed locally. Living here and being able to film locally whenever we needed to was an incredible opportunity to showcase the stunning and diverse landscapes and agricultural stories that we told in our film and provided amazing visuals everywhere we went.“
To screen THE POLLINATORS, visit https://geni.us/ThePollinators
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