More Than Honey

Starring: Fred Terry, Randolf Menzel, John Miller, et al.

Oscar-nominated director Markus Imhoof (THE BOAT IS FULL) tackles the vexing issue of why bees, worldwide, are facing extinction. With the tenacity of a man out to solve a world-class mystery, he investigates this global phenomenon, from California to Switzerland, China and Australia. Exquisite macro-photography of the bees (reminiscent of MICROCOSMOS) in flight and in their hives reveals a fascinating, complex world in crisis. Writes Eric Kohn in Indiewire: "Imhoof captures the breeding of queen bees in minute detail, ventures to a laboratory to witness a bee brainscan, and discovers the dangerous prospects of a hive facing the infection of mites. In this latter case, the camera's magnifying power renders the infection in sci-fi terms, as if we've stumbled into a discarded scene from David Cronenberg's THE FLY." This is a strange and strangely moving film that raises questions of species survival in cosmic as well as apiary terms.

• Format: Blu-ray
• Language: English
• UPC: 738329122324
• Release Date: December 2013
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Kino Lorber
• Director: Markus Imhoof
• Starring: Fred Terry, Randolf Menzel, John Miller, Fred Jaggi, Heidrun Singer, Liane Singer, John Hurt
• Runtime: 1 hour, 19 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: anamorphic
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.4" x 7.5" x 0.7"