New Bee Movie - Documentary

[Loonerone]

Has anyone seen Sister Bee? By Laura Tyler? It is wonderful!

[magista]

www.sisterbee.com

Can't wait to see it.

[sqkcrk]

How can I buy the DVD w/out going through the site and using Paypal? I prefer to use a check and snail mail.

[NewbeeNnc]

It's a neat video and website, but is this lady anti-male? It's nothing but women. Not that I have a problem with that, but it's just strange that it's nothing but women.

[tigger]

According to the film maker's website, she has a husband. Don't think she qualifies as a man hater.

Maybe she just wanted to make a movie about female beekeepers...

I look forward to seeing it.

Edited to add:

One thing I find kind of strange is that she expects groups who are going to show the movie free of charge to pay three times as much for it as individual viewers do. Maybe it's a film industry thing, but it seems funny to me.

[localwhale]

Originally Posted by tigger

One thing I find kind of strange is that she expects groups who are going to show the movie free of charge to pay three times as much for it as individual viewers do. Maybe it's a film industry thing, but it seems funny to me.

Yeah, that's a pretty standard thing, especially for small film companies and non profits. The cost to make a film is pretty insane, even a small independent film. So to help offset some of that cost you end up charging more for home use or educational use. If you're buying it for your home, 20 bucks, no problem. But, if it's going to be used in a classroom, a library, or even a bee club for years and years then it is reasonable to pay a little bit more. The amount she's asking for isn't too bad. I've seen companies charge 20 bucks for personal use and 300 for institutional.

[Loonerone]

http://www.sisterbee.com/ Here is the link to the documentary. It is playing at a local museum that has a whole display on 'The smallest worker on the farm".

[Loonerone]

I think it is all women because of the sisterhood theme. That's my guess!

[sqkcrk]

I can't get the trailer to play. Is it my computer?

[Loonerone]

I could view the trailer. You may have a popup blocker? Try holding down the CTRL button on the keyboard and then click on the video. Or your media player may not be working, or you don't have a compatible media player....the trailer is very brief. The neatest part is when the woman is actually petting a swarm of bees.