Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us?

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Movie Info

Filmmaker Taggart Siegel examines how the disappearance of bees affects the planet.

Genre:

documentary, drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

Taggart Siegel
Producer:

Jon Betz, Taggart Siegel
Release Date (Theaters):

Apr 8, 2011 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Aug 10, 2016
Runtime:

1h 22m

Cast & Crew

Michael Pollan

Raj Patel

Vandana Shiva

Gunther Hauk

Carlo Petrini

Hugh Wilson

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Critic Reviews for Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us?

All Critics (33) | Top Critics (17) | Fresh (31) | Rotten (2)

What we don't get in "Queen of the Sun'' is anyone suggesting there might be some merit to how agribusiness is conducted.

June 23, 2011 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…

Mark Feeney
Boston Globe
"Queen" sheds much-needed light on a disaster in progress.

June 16, 2011 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Gary Goldstein
Los Angeles Times
Rich subject matter and persuasive presentation make this visually appealing nature documentary worth buzzing about.

June 10, 2011 | Full Review…

David Rooney
Hollywood Reporter
This hard-working film may not be a balm, but it can help.

June 10, 2011 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Joe Neumaier
New York Daily News
'Queen of the Sun" is a beautiful nature film, with gorgeous, multicolored shots of bees and flowers. It also is a well-made documentary about the troubles of the honeybee.

June 10, 2011 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

V.A. Musetto
New York Post
What it is doing, and beautifully, is making a sunny and optimistic case for why the world is worth saving, via gorgeous imagery and poetic appreciations of the bees themselves.

June 9, 2011 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…

Ian Buckwalter
NPR
It's a disaster movie without a disaster, and while it's heart is in the right place, Queen of the Sun doesn't quite hit that perfect call to action bullseye.

August 5, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…

Matthew Lucas
From the Front Row
See it, and you'll never look at those little creatures buzzing about in quite the same way.

July 4, 2011 | Rating: A | Full Review…

Brent Simon
Shockya.com
Alarming and insightful, offering a rare glimpse into insects in crisis.

June 23, 2011 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…

Susan Granger
SSG Syndicate
Instead of going all Al Gore and casting stones from his soap box, Siegel takes an evenhanded approach in getting both sides of the story...

June 16, 2011 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Michael C. Walsh
Boston Phoenix
Informative documentary contains an alarming message.

June 14, 2011 | Full Review…

Eric Monder
Film Journal International
A both alarming and inspiring tale of the humble creature that has been around for 150 million years and is essential to our existence. A marvelous documentary incorporating investigative reporting and an artist's vision of nature.

June 10, 2011 | Full Review…

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Audience Reviews for Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us?

Jun 09, 2011

This documentary explores a little known crisis of disappearing honey bees, and their effect on life on this planet. Avoids typical alarmist trappings with an ultimately hopeful tone, but I would have liked to have seen it explore its "canary in the coal mine" theories in more detail. Instead, it's more of an educational film on bee behavior rather than the social advocate documentary it tries to be.

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