Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo

Directed by Jessica Oreck

OFFICIAL SELECTION
SXSW FILM FESTIVAL

WINNER
CINEVEGAS FILM FESTIVAL

OFFICIAL SELECTION
AFI

WINNER
SPOTLIGHT AWARD
CINEMA EYE HONORS

2009, 90 min

Working backwards through history, Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo explores the mystery of the development of Japan's love affair with bugs using insects like an anthropologist's toolkit, the film uncover Japanese philosophies that will shift Westerners' perspectives on nature, beauty, life, and even the seamingly mundane realities of their day-to-day routines.

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