Watch the full award-winning documentary here and on YouTube and Vimeo (9 minutes)
FIT Hives: Sustainability - The Secret to Survival
2016, Documentary Short
A documentary that introduces FIT Hives, a student-run organization whose mission is to educate the FIT community about the importance of bees to the environment, the use of bee-derived resources in the industries related to the majors at FIT and its goal to put a beehive on the roof. FIT Hives is a recipient of an FIT Innovation Grant which also supported the making of this documentary.
Winner of the Eco Sustainable Award at Fashion Film Festival Chicago (2017)
Featuring:
Sarah Langenbach, Co-Founder, FIT Hives
Shona Neary, Co-Founder, FIT Hives
Virginia Bonofiglio, Associate Chairperson, Cosmetics & Fragrance Marketing, FIT
Jillian Oderwald, Co-Chair, FIT Natural Dye Garden
Wendy Yothers, Head of Jewelry Design, FIT
Sass Brown, Associate Dean, FIT School of Art & Design
Sasha Wright, Assistant Professor of Ecology, FIT
David Heath, Co-Founder, Bombas (as seen on ABC’s Shark Tank)
G. William Fernandez, Beekeeper, The Bee Conservancy
Ed Diamond, Beekeeper, The Bee Conservancy
Lisa Pressman, Artist
Producers: Sarah Langenbach and Shona Neary
Video Production Manager/Cinematographer/Editor: Max Hechtman
Camera Operators: Hugh Copeland, Max Hechtman and Shoshana Rabinowitz
Music: David LoNigro
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS AND AWARDS
Shona Neary, Max Hechtman, Sarah Langenbach and Sarang Koo meet David Heath, Co-Founder of Bombas
Sarah Langenbach interviews G. William Fernandez, beekeeper from the Battery Park Conservatory
Max Hechtman shooting footage of the Battery Park Conservatory
FIT Hives Co-Founders Sarah Langenbach and Shona Neary at the Battery Park Conservatory.
Max Hechtman, Shona Neary and Sarang Koo prepare to interview artist Lisa Pressman
Sarah Langenbach, Co-Founder of FIT Hives, demonstrates in the cosmetics lab at FIT
FIT Hives Co-Founders Sarah Langenbach and Shona Neary with a honeycomb made of beeswax
Max Hechtman and Sarang Koo document beekeeping at the Battery Park Conservatory