New Film: The Queen of the Sun
Monday, June 28, 2010 at 9:42AM 
Last summer was the summer of food docs, and although we haven't been hearing about as many food-related films this year, there are still a bunch of good ones to go out and see. One that I'm particularly looking forward to is The Queen of the Sun, a new film about the global bee crisis from filmmaker Taggart Siegel. The film looks at colony collapse disorder through the eyes of biodynamic beekeepers, scientists, farmers, and philosophers.
Siegel's approach to documenting the sustainable food movement is character-driven (see the clip below); for evidence, look no further than his 2005 film The Real Dirt on Farmer John.
After spending a day filming with beekeeper Melanie Kirby in New Mexico, I can say that unless you're completely at ease with hundreds of bees buzzing around your head, filming a movie like this must have been pretty tough.
Check out Queen of the Sun's upcoming screening schedule.
-Mark
Reader Comments (3)
This guy is amazing! What a great documentary subject!
This looks so cool. What an incredible man!
I can't wait for this! This man's mustache is a character of its own.