A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
March 1, 2018
Original Title:
The Kingdom: How Fungi Made Our World
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
CBC
CuriosityStream
Real To Reel
Smith&Nasht
Production Countries:
Australia | Canada
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 58
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.
Additional Editor:
Rob Ruzic
Additional Writing:
Anne Pick
Color Grading:
Arlene Moelker
Terry Aquino
Data Wrangler:
Glenn Graver
Director:
Annámaria Tálas
Simon Nasht
Director of Photography:
Oliver Nasht
Russel Gienapp
Walter Corbett
Editor:
Nóra V. Kovács
Executive Producer:
Simon Nasht
Anne Pick
Original Concept:
Catherine Marciniak
Stephen Axford
Original Music Composer:
Mark Korven
Post Production Supervisor:
Bill Spahic
Graham Saywell
Producer:
Susan MacKinnon
Anne Pick
Bill Spahic
Production Coordinator:
Isabella Kempf
Amber McBride
Production Manager:
Sharyn McMahon
Researcher:
Isabella Kempf
Gina Cali
Anne Pick
Sound Editor:
Grant Edmonds
Sound Recordist:
Peter Sawade
David Best
Oliver Nasht
Still Photographer:
Steve Axford
Story Editor:
Bill Spahic
Writer:
Annámaria Tálas
Simon Nasht
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