Nelson Institute associate dean for research and education, Anna Gade was the featured speaker at the virtual Honeyland Film Discussion on September 1. The event was a part of the Stanford Global Studies, Sohaib and Sara Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies summer film festival and included a discussion of the film with Gade and Abbasi program associate director, Farah El-Sharif.
The film focuses on Hatidze who lives in the mountains of Macedonia and makes a living cultivating honey using ancient beekeeping traditions. Honeyland is described as “an epic, visually stunning portrait of the delicate balance between nature and humanity that has something sweet for everyone.”