
A story about the environmental conflict between GM soy growers and Maya Beekeepers in the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico. It reflects on what the environment and economy could look like if bee health was considered as a criterion of sustainable development. The film explores the pre-colonial and ongoing relationship between Maya people and their environment, in particular the milpa agricultural system (and its main crop, maize), sacred sinkholes (called cenotes), and sacred stingless bees, the Melipona.
- Year2022
- Runtime76 minutes
- LanguageEnglish,Spanish
- CountryUnited States, Mexico
- PremiereNo
- Genredocumentary
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- AwardsWinner Best Documentary Socially Relevant Film Festival, International Social Change Film Festival Winner Indigenous Voices
- DirectorKata Beilin and Avi Weinstein
- ScreenwriterKata Beilin and Avi Weinstein
- ProducerKata Beilin
- FilmmakerSainath Surayanarayanan, Reynaldo Morales, Robin Canul, Marcos Colon
- CastBernardo Caamal Itza, Pedro Pablo Chim Bacab, Feliciano Ucan, Leydy Pech and others
- CinematographerAvi Weinstein
- MusicMartiniano Perez Angulo (Tumben K'aay), Raquel Paraiso (Sotavento)
A story about the environmental conflict between GM soy growers and Maya Beekeepers in the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico. It reflects on what the environment and economy could look like if bee health was considered as a criterion of sustainable development. The film explores the pre-colonial and ongoing relationship between Maya people and their environment, in particular the milpa agricultural system (and its main crop, maize), sacred sinkholes (called cenotes), and sacred stingless bees, the Melipona.
- Year2022
- Runtime76 minutes
- LanguageEnglish,Spanish
- CountryUnited States, Mexico
- PremiereNo
- Genredocumentary
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- AwardsWinner Best Documentary Socially Relevant Film Festival, International Social Change Film Festival Winner Indigenous Voices
- DirectorKata Beilin and Avi Weinstein
- ScreenwriterKata Beilin and Avi Weinstein
- ProducerKata Beilin
- FilmmakerSainath Surayanarayanan, Reynaldo Morales, Robin Canul, Marcos Colon
- CastBernardo Caamal Itza, Pedro Pablo Chim Bacab, Feliciano Ucan, Leydy Pech and others
- CinematographerAvi Weinstein
- MusicMartiniano Perez Angulo (Tumben K'aay), Raquel Paraiso (Sotavento)