Part character study, part eco-parable, this superbly shot documentary from Macedonian filmmakers Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska has a remarkable protagonist in the middle-aged Hatidze Muratova. She is a wild beekeeper, living with her blind and bed-ridden mother in a Balkan mountain village. Hatidze's way of life is threatened by the arrival next door of a nomadic couple and their seven young children. Shot over a three-year period, Honeyland offers a powerful illustration of the necessity for humanity to co-exist in harmony with nature.
Review of Honeyland
