Fantastic Fungi

Aug 30, 2019

1h 20m

★ 7.2

The magic beneath us

Overview

A vivid journey into the mysterious subterranean world of mycelium and its fruit— the mushroom. A story that begins 3.5 billion years ago, fungi makes the soil that supports life, connecting vast systems of roots from plants and trees all over the planet, like an underground Internet. Through the eyes of renowned mycologist Paul Stamets, professor of forest ecology Suzanne Simard, best selling author Michael Pollan, food naturalist Eugenia Bone and others, we experience the power, beauty and complexity of the fungi kingdom.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Artemis Rising

Diamond Docs

Moving Art

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Cast

Narrator (voice)

Brie Larson

Himself

Paul Stamets

Himself

Michael Pollan

Himself

Roland Griffiths

Himself

Andrew Weil

Herself

Mary P. Cosmiano

The film takes on a walk alongside parasites, symbionts and decomposers offering ideas of both interconnectedness and collaboration. Driven by a vision of resistance, the encounters seek possibilities of renewal and question what connects us when the world seems to be falling apart. With mushrooms and their allies the film invites to imagine a myco-cultural (r)evolution. What if the fungus could help us address and radically change our relationship to this world?

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