Synopsis
Fantastic Fungi (2019) is an American nature documentary directed by Louie Schwartzberg — watch it online on iFILM. Narrated by Brie Larson.
Fungi have been on Earth for roughly 3.5 billion years, predating trees by a wide margin. The film centres on mycologist Paul Stamets, who maps how underground mycelium networks function as a kind of forest communication system — routing nutrients between plants and linking root systems across vast distances. Michael Pollan, author of In Defense of Food, contributes his own conversion story, while Johns Hopkins pharmacologist Roland Griffiths brings the clinical dimension: what psilocybin compounds might offer psychiatry.
Schwartzberg shoots fungal growth in time-lapse macro at a resolution that makes the argument almost visceral. The subject earns its 81 minutes. Stream Fantastic Fungi (2019) online on iFILM.
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