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Season 12 Episode 23 - Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo
Beginning in the modern day and working backward, Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo explores the history of Japan's love affair with bugs. Using insects like an anthropologist's toolkit, the film uncovers Japanese philosophies that will shift viewers' perspectives on nature, beauty, and life, and counter the exigencies of day-to-day life.
Episodes in Season 12
The Parking Lot Movie
60 min
Art & Copy
60 min
Reel Injun: On the Trail of the Hollywood Indian
60 min
The Longoria Affair
60 min
Lost Sparrow
60 min
Deep Down
60 min
45365
60 min
The Calling, Part 1
60 min
The Calling, Part 2
60 min
Men Who Swim
60 min
Children of Haiti
60 min
For Once in My Life
60 min
When I Rise
60 min
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
60 min
Me Facing Life: Cyntoia's Story
60 min
Pushing the Elephant
60 min
The Desert of Forbidden Art
60 min
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
60 min
Waste Land
60 min
Marwencol
60 min
A Film Unfinished
60 min
Bhutto
60 min
Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo
60 min
Welcome to Shelbyville
60 min
Two Spirits
60 min