The Queen of The Sun: What Are The Bees Telling Us?
MUSIC BOX FILMS HOME ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES
Queen of the Sun:
What Are the Bees Telling Us?
ONE OF THE MOST ACCLAIMED DOCUMENTARY FILMS OF THE YEAR OFFERS A PROFOUND AND UPLIFTING CHRONICLE OF MAN’S HISTORIC AND SACRED RELATIONSHIP WITH BEES AND THE INTEGRAL ROLE THAT THE HONEY-FUELED INSECTS HOLD AROUND THE WORLD
Available on DVD and VOD
January 24, 2012
-Roger Ebert
“ Revelatory…Honey has never looked so delicious. Or so precious.”
-Jeannette Catsoulis, THE NEW YORK TIMES, CRITIC’S PICK
“ The feel-good advocacy movie of the year.”
-BOX OFFICE MAGAZINE
“Impassioned…rich subject matter and persuasive presentation make this visually
appealing nature documentary worth buzzing about.”
-David Rooney, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
Chicago, IL (November 14, 2011) - The acclaimed documentary Queen of The Sun: What Are The Bees Telling Us? is a profoundly affecting film about one of the most urgent and crucial environmental issues of our time: the disappearance of honeybees from their hives with no clear single explanation, a phenomenon known as Colony Collapse Disorder. Examining this dire global bee crisis through the eyes of biodynamic beekeepers, scientists, farmers and philosophers, Queen of The Sun: What Are The Bees Telling Us? unveils the 10,000-year history of beekeeping, highlighting how man’s sacred relationship with bees has been lost due to highly mechanized industrial practices.
Director and producer Taggart Siegel (The Real Dirt on Farmer John) was inspired to make a film about the honeybee crisis after reading the reported Albert Einstein quote, “If bees disappear from the earth, then man will only have four years of life left.” Taking viewers on a journey through the catastrophic disappearance of bees and the mysterious world of the beehive, the engaging and ultimately uplifting Queen of The Sun: What Are The Bees Telling Us? offers an unusual, unique and startlingly dramatic story of the heartfelt struggles of those around the globe who are taking on the problem and seeking solutions in renewing a culture in balance with nature.
Music Box Films Home Entertainment will release Queen of The Sun: What Are The Bees Telling Us? on DVD VOD, and Digital Download (Amazon and iTunes) for the first time on January 24 (prebook December 13). Released theatrically in more than 100 theaters in the U.S.’s top markets the Queen of The Sun: What Are The Bees Telling Us? DVD will carry the suggested retail prices of $29.95.
Among the concerned experts who appear in Queen of The Sun: What Are The Bees Telling Us? to present their insights into this critical issue are biodynamic beekeeper Gunther Hauk, founder of the Spikenard Farm & Honeybee Sanctuary and the author of the beekeeping guide Toward Saving the Honeybee; New York Times bestselling writer Michael Pollan, author of 2006’s Omnivore’s Dilemma, who talks about industrialized beekeeping practices in the Central Valley of California and the fascinating evolutionary relationship between bees and flowers; and Indian activist and physicist Vandan Shiva, who speaks of the development of chemical agriculture and the effects of pesticides and genetically modified food on bees.
Queen of The Sun: What Are The Bees Telling Us? is also filled with dazzling footage of honeybees in all their glory, as well as equally remarkable visions of the people whose lives revolve around the humble, honey-producing insects. So get ready for some unbelievable shots of beekeepers fully covered in swarms of their buzzing buddies!
Reviewed by Mark Holcomb of the VILLAGE VOICE as “Visually sumptuous…lovingly shot, near-psychedelic imagery, which serves as an unusually visceral reminder of the rich variety in nature-and what’s at stake if bees bug out for good,” Queen of The Sun: What Are The Bees Telling Us? is the environmental documentary that everyone is buzzing about!
More information on Queen of The Sun: What Are The Bees Telling Us? can be found on the MUSIC BOX FILMS website at http://www.musicboxfilms.com/queen-of-the-sun and the film’s website at http://www.queenofthesun.com/.
Queen of The Sun: What Are The Bees Telling Us? –Synopsis:
Queen of The Sun: What Are The Bees Telling Us? is an in-depth investigation to discover the causes and solutions behind Colony Collapse Disorder; a phenomenon where honeybees vanish from their hives, never to return. The film examines the dire global bee crisis through the eyes of biodynamic beekeepers, scientists, farmers, and philosophers, unveiling the history of 10,000 years of beekeeping as it highlights how our historic and sacred relationship with bees has been lost due to highly mechanized industrial practices. Taking viewers on a journey through the catastrophic disappearance of the bees and the mysterious world of the beehive, Queen of The Sun: What Are The Bees Telling Us? presents a dramatic story that uncovers the problems and solutions of man’s attempts to renew a culture in balance with nature.
About Music Box Films:
Founded in 2007, Music Box Films has quickly established itself as one of the leading distributors of non-English language feature films in the US in theaters, on DVD and Blu-ray, and via Video-on-Demand. Music Box’s release of Guillaume Canet’s Tell No One was the most popular foreign-language film of 2008. In 2010, the film adaptations of Stieg Larsson’s trilogy of international mega-sellers dominated the foreign-language film market: the first in the series, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, was one of the most popular international releases of the decade with over $10 million in US box office. Music Box Films is independently owned and operated by the Southport Music Box Corporation which also owns and operates The Music Box Theatre, Chicago’s premiere venue for independent and foreign films.
Queen of The Sun: What Are The Bees Telling Us?Music Box Films Home Entertainment
STREET DATE: January 24, 2012
Pre-book Date: December 13, 2011
Format: DVD
SRP: $29.95
Director: Taggart Siegel
Running Time: 82 minutes
Format: 16:9 anamorphic
Sound Format: 5.1 Dolby Digital and Stereo
Rating: NR
Country: U.S.
Language: English
Bonus Features*
- Audio Commentary with Director & Producer
- Interview with Director
- 3 Bonus scenes
- English, German and Spanish captions
- Trailers
- Amazing Bee Facts
*subject to change
