Movie·2018·0h 58m

The Kingdom: How Fungi Made Our World

Some fungi will save us, others will threaten us and we are just beginning to understand which is which.

Country

Australia

Language

English

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The Story

You find fungi in Antarctica and in nuclear reactors. They live inside your lungs and your skin is covered with them. Fungi are the most under appreciated and unexplained organisms, yet they could cure you from smallpox and turn cardboard boxes into forests. They could even transform Mars into Eden. There are vastly more fungi species than plants and each and every one of them play a crucial role in life’s support systems. Join us on a journey into the mysterious world of Fungi to witness their beauty, unravel their mysteries and discover how this secret kingdom is essential to life on Earth, and may in fact hold the key to our future.

Producer

Susan MacKinnon, Simon Nasht

Cinematography

Russel Gienapp

Music

Mark Korven

Editor

Nóra V. Kovács

Themes

researchmushroombiologymedical researchmother naturenature documentaryscientific researchnatural sciencemolecular biologydocumentarystudying naturescience and nature

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