Movie Night: From the Pacific Northwest to the Himalayas

Mushroom Movies from Around the World

by Filmmaker Hamilton Pevec

8 PM Eastern | 7 PM Central | 6 PM Mountain | 5 PM Pacific

March 13th | Virtual Meeting

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Suklal's Hunt 14:56 (2020 )

Join Suklal on the most important journey of the year. Shot on location in Mustang Nepal, this story follows Suklal the forager as he seeks the rare ophiocordyceps sinensis aka caterpillar fungus aka yartzagumba. But how will over harvesting affect the income he depends on? How will new cultivation technology change the whole economy of this precious fungus?

AZURESCENS: Through A Blue Lens 32:00 (2023)

This "Azzie" film explores the relationships that surround one of the most potent hallucinogenic mushrooms found in nature. We follow the pilgrims on the hunt and the role this fungi plays in ecology, the human impacts of foraging and the medicinal and social impacts this medicine is having on our culture.

Gone Good: Ode de Fromage 19:50 (2024 )

Shot in a small village in the french alps this film explores the role of fungi in cheese. Two cheese farmers and a fermentation specialist explain the complex process of metabolic transformation, and their love for cheese.

Note: This event is not recorded. Watch previously recorded webinars here​.