‘Colonies in Conflict,’ Rajani Mani’s Documentary About Threat to Honeybees, Picked Up by ZDF Studios (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comLeo Barraclough International Features Editor ZDF Studios has secured the global distribution rights (excluding India) for “Colonies in Conflict,” a feature-length documentary that examines the perilous existence of wild bees in a fast-changing Indian landscape.
Last year, the film was a finalist at the Jackson Wild Media Awards and won the best independent production award at Rotterdam’s Wildlife Film Festival. “Colonies in Conflict,” which is directed and written by Rajani Mani (“Miles to Go,” “In God’s Own Country,” “Food?
Health? Hope?”), focuses on the threat to honeybees. These prolific pollinators are a keystone species that props up the ecological arc on which the survival of several species, including humans, depend.
Human action is causing pollinator declines all over the world spelling disaster to nutritional security and the biodiversity of our ecosystems.
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