By Zanub Saeed
Whole Foods announced on Friday that it will premiere its third feature for the 2012 Do Something Reel Film Festival called "Queen of the Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us?" starting June 1st.
The documentary focusing on the global bee crisis, which looks into how the world could be affected by the continuing disappearance of bees, will be available online throughout the month of June at a cost of $4.99, said a press release issued by Whole Foods Market on Friday. Select Whole Food markets across the country will also offer screenings of "Queen of the Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us?" directed by Taggart Siegel, in June; the list of screenings can be found on Whole Foods' official Facebook page.
"We made 'Queen of the Sun' to open people's hearts to the mystery and wonder of honeybees and all pollinators. This film is a wake-up call to this urgent crisis, and hopefully it will be a catalyst for dramatic renewal that inspires and invigorates people to become stewards and caretakers of the planet," Siegel stated for the press release.
The feature dramatically tells the tale of beekeepers' problems with trying to keep their insects alive, and features interviews with scientists and philosophers from around the world, like Michael Pollan, Gunther Hauk, and Vandana Shiva, on their take of the issue, listed the press release.
Profits from "Queen of the Sun," which will explore the world of the beehive and its rapidly decreasing population of inhabitants, will go towards benefiting the 2012 Whole Foods Market/AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Festival filmmaker grants, said the press release.
Whole Foods also partnered with Crowdrise, a platform for fundraisers and charities to raise money for a worthy cause, to further promote and support the "Queen of the Sun" feature, to encourage those to take action in a variety of ways. This would include donating to Spikenard Farm and Honeybee Sanctuary.
"Queen of the Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us?" is the third of the Do Something Reel features, which began on Earth Day earlier this year, to give insight on environmental issues affecting the world.
