Trailer

The Hidden Life of Trees

Runtime
1hr 35mins
Directed by
Jörg Adolph
Featuring
N/A
Film Language
German
Body

Presented by the Goethe-Institut Boston.

Branching off of his bestselling book, renowned forester and writer Peter Wohlleben guides us through his most precious ideas and understanding of how trees work in this enlightening documentary. Presenting ecological, biological, and academic expertise with matter-of-fact candor, Peter inspires us to really see the forest for the trees. Traveling through Germany, Poland, Sweden, and Vancouver, Peter explains the amazing processes of life, death, and regeneration he has observed in the woodland, and the amazing scientific mechanisms behind these wonders of which we are too often blissfully unaware.

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