THE LITTLE THINGS THAT RUN THE WORLD
Hosted by Bee City USA-Decatur, GA / Bee Campus USA-Agnes Scott College
In-person
When
Feb 26, 7:00 PM EST
Where
Agnes Scott College
Campbell Hall, Graves Auditorium, Decatur, GA, 30030
Price
Free Screening
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Event Participants
Denise Wilson
Xerces Society Ambassador
About the film
Over millennia, humanity has mastered agriculture, raised monumental bridges and temples, walked on the Moon, but do we truly run the world? In this captivating documentary, filmmakers Dru Carr and Doug Hawes-Davis refocus their lens on a far more powerful force: insects. By zooming in on the reality of bees, butterflies, beetles, and their kin—tiny, alien-like architects of life—they reveal how these distant cousins on our evolutionary tree sustain ecosystems and, ultimately, our own survival. As they face unprecedented decline, their fate becomes a stark warning: without them, neither we nor the planet can endure. Even still, there is hope!
Genre
Documentary
Released
2025
Director
Doug Hawes-Davis, Dru Carr
Producer
Doug Hawes-Davis
Crew
Damon Ristau, Ken Furrow
Cast
David Jablonski, David Goulson, Claire Kremen, Naim Edwards, Diana Cox-Foster, Art Shapiro, Scott Black, Sydney Cameron, Paul Glaum, Louise Washer, Doug Tallamy, Nigel Raine, Matt Forister, Martin Sorg, Sam Droege, Miranda Zwingelberg, T'ai Roulston, Thomas Hörren, Heinrich Rülfing, Gene Brandi, Marla Spivak, Bill Kenny, Bob Shaw, Art Daniels, Sue Hudnut, Malik Yakini, E.O. Wilson