Two globetrotting microbiologists, Gloria Dominguez-Bello and Marty Blaser, race to save our vanishing microbes before it's too late. Why are the overuse of antibiotics, elective C-sections, and processed foods driving the destruction of our inner ecology? (It's happening even faster than climate change.) The Invisible Extinction joins the scientists on this urgent quest from the USA to Venezuela, China, Israel, and Switzerland. At the same time, the film tells the stories of three patients in the USA and China who suffer from life-threatening diseases triggered by microbial loss. Are there experimental treatments that hold out hope for them? As the pandemic hits, Marty pivots to focus on how healing our gut microbiome with microbes may help protect us from the virus and future pandemics, while Gloria spearheads the creation of an international microbe vault to safeguard precious specimens.
LIVE virtual Q&A to follow with:
Steven Lawrence (Director)
Sarah Schenck (Director)
Gloria Dominguez-Bell (Microbiologist)
Marty Blaser (Microbiologist)
- Year2022
- Runtime85 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Mandarin, Spanish, Hebrew, Yekwana
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereSouthwest
- DirectorSteven Lawrence, Sarah Schenck
- ProducerSteven Lawrence, Sarah Schenck
- Executive ProducerGerry Ohrstrom, Thomas Campbell Jackson, Neil & Anna Rasmussen, David Rees & Elisabeth Rees, Ara Katz, Andrew Creighton, Raja Dhir
- Co-ProducerElijah Stevens
- CastMaria Gloria Dominguez-Bello Martin Blaser The Villagers of Kanarakuni, Jitakwaña, & Surukuma Genia Blaser Theresa, Roger, Aryana Dalomba, & Tatyana Phillips Eran, Shira, Yoav, & Tamar Segal Eran, Hila, & Inbal Elinav Cameron, Brian, Libby, & Sophia Corcoran Talal Chatila Amy Thieringer Adriana Pericchi Dominguez Elizabeth Hohmann Elaine Yu Alicia Cole Lan Canhui You Xin, Lin Xhi Wei, & Liu Xintong (Tongtong) Zang Zining (Ningning), Li Li, Zang Hong Lun, & Zang Zi Tong Jia Shu Qin Manuel Fankhauser
- CinematographerUS: Thorsten Thielow, Allie Humenuk, Craig Marsden, Axel Baumann, Tom Bergmann, P.H. O'Brien, Steven Lawrence, Ingrid Uribe, Stephen McCarthy, Martina Radwan, Peter Nicoll, Rob Fruchtman, Nikki Bramley, Maria Luisa Gambale, Margaret Sclafani, China: Tian Li, Long Miaoyuan, Venezuela: Oscar Noya Alarcon, Israel: Danor Glaser, Eyal Ben Yaish, Switzerland: Adrian Stähli
- EditorRussell Greene
- ComposerHahn Rowe
Two globetrotting microbiologists, Gloria Dominguez-Bello and Marty Blaser, race to save our vanishing microbes before it's too late. Why are the overuse of antibiotics, elective C-sections, and processed foods driving the destruction of our inner ecology? (It's happening even faster than climate change.) The Invisible Extinction joins the scientists on this urgent quest from the USA to Venezuela, China, Israel, and Switzerland. At the same time, the film tells the stories of three patients in the USA and China who suffer from life-threatening diseases triggered by microbial loss. Are there experimental treatments that hold out hope for them? As the pandemic hits, Marty pivots to focus on how healing our gut microbiome with microbes may help protect us from the virus and future pandemics, while Gloria spearheads the creation of an international microbe vault to safeguard precious specimens.
LIVE virtual Q&A to follow with:
Steven Lawrence (Director)
Sarah Schenck (Director)
Gloria Dominguez-Bell (Microbiologist)
Marty Blaser (Microbiologist)
- Year2022
- Runtime85 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Mandarin, Spanish, Hebrew, Yekwana
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereSouthwest
- DirectorSteven Lawrence, Sarah Schenck
- ProducerSteven Lawrence, Sarah Schenck
- Executive ProducerGerry Ohrstrom, Thomas Campbell Jackson, Neil & Anna Rasmussen, David Rees & Elisabeth Rees, Ara Katz, Andrew Creighton, Raja Dhir
- Co-ProducerElijah Stevens
- CastMaria Gloria Dominguez-Bello Martin Blaser The Villagers of Kanarakuni, Jitakwaña, & Surukuma Genia Blaser Theresa, Roger, Aryana Dalomba, & Tatyana Phillips Eran, Shira, Yoav, & Tamar Segal Eran, Hila, & Inbal Elinav Cameron, Brian, Libby, & Sophia Corcoran Talal Chatila Amy Thieringer Adriana Pericchi Dominguez Elizabeth Hohmann Elaine Yu Alicia Cole Lan Canhui You Xin, Lin Xhi Wei, & Liu Xintong (Tongtong) Zang Zining (Ningning), Li Li, Zang Hong Lun, & Zang Zi Tong Jia Shu Qin Manuel Fankhauser
- CinematographerUS: Thorsten Thielow, Allie Humenuk, Craig Marsden, Axel Baumann, Tom Bergmann, P.H. O'Brien, Steven Lawrence, Ingrid Uribe, Stephen McCarthy, Martina Radwan, Peter Nicoll, Rob Fruchtman, Nikki Bramley, Maria Luisa Gambale, Margaret Sclafani, China: Tian Li, Long Miaoyuan, Venezuela: Oscar Noya Alarcon, Israel: Danor Glaser, Eyal Ben Yaish, Switzerland: Adrian Stähli
- EditorRussell Greene
- ComposerHahn Rowe
