Marketed as a documentary about the impact that environmental crises has on people who depend on bees pollinating the flowers of their fruit trees, and to a greater extent on all of us because we’re part of Earth’s ecological system, the film doesn’t live up to its promise. As we visit three families in China’s Sichuan province, we see how growing pears and cherries, and harvesting honey from bees, has changed in recent years, causing problems that split families and require creative solutions. We get close to these people and their everyday labors… and learn pretty much nothing about the alarming issues behind and how we all could be affected.

2021-Sweden. 70 min. Color. Directed by Åsa Ekman, Oscar Hedin, Mikael Kristersson. Screenplay: Oscar Hedin, Åsa Ekman.

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