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Kino Lorber | Release Date: September 27, 2017
Summary: With global food shortages on the horizon, forward-thinking chefs, environmentalists and food scientists are turning toward an unexpected source of protein: insects. Bugs is an artful and thoughtful new documentary that provides a perfect entry point to insect cuisine. For three years, a cast of charming and brave food adventurers from the Nordic Food Lab traveled the world—from Europe to Australia, Mexico, Kenya, Japan and beyond—to learn what some of the two billion people who already eat insects had to say. Filmmaker Andreas Johnsen followed them as they foraged, farmed, cooked and tasted everything from revered termite queens and desert-delicacy honey ants to venomous giant hornets and long-horned grasshoppers. Throughout the team’s experiences, some hard questions started to emerge. If industrially produced insects become the norm, will they be as delicious and as beneficial as the ones in diverse, resilient ecosystems and cuisines around the world? And who will actually benefit as edible insects are scaled up? Equal parts travelogue, nature documentary, food porn and political treatise, Bugs is a beautifully shot film that makes a convincing argument for the inherent flavor of insects and raises unexpected and important questions about the future of our food culture along the way. [Kino Lorber]
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Runtime: 73 min
Rating: Not Rated
Official Site: https://www.kinolorber.com/film/bugs
Production: Danmarks Radio (DR)
Genres: Documentary
Countries: DE, FR, NL, DK
Language: English
Director Credit
Andreas Johnsen Director
Principal Cast Credit
Ben Reade Himself
Josh Evans Himself
Roberto Flore Himself
Producer Credit
Andreas Johnsen Executive Producer
Bruno Felix Co-Producer: Submarine
Eva Mulvad Executive Producer
Femke Wolting Co-Producer: Submarine
Hanne Phlypo Co-Producer
Ilja Roomans Line Producer
Mikala Krogh Executive Producer
Pernille Rose Grønkjær Executive Producer
Sidsel Lønvig Siersted Line Producer
Sigrid Dyekjær Producer
Stefan Kloos Co-Producer: Kloos & Co