Anthropobee

  • December 2022
  • 17mins

  • Documentary
  • Directed by

    Mia Mäkelä,

    Starring

    Valentina Montero,

    Gabriel Orrego Romeu,

    Annick Durán Kandzior,

    Valesca Díaz Àlvarez

    ...

    Anthropocene is a part of video trilogy – History of Impossible Destiny – which focuses on the fate of the species UN declared the most important for the survival of Earth – the honey bee (Apis mellifera). By documenting beekeeping activities Makela reveals how intrinsically anthropocentric our attitudes are, and how this affects the process of subjucating the honey bee into a condition of exploitable natural resource. Thru a sensitive, intimate and prolonged observation Makela discovers surprising behavior inside and outside the hive, which she offers as a set of dialogues that bring humor, poetry, reflection and an insight into the fantastic dimension of this species.