Mysterious Castles of Clay (1978)

Directed by

Alan Root, Joan Root

Genre

nature documentary

Country

United States

Runtime

56 min

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film shows the life inside a termite colony in Kenya, following how the insects build and maintain their huge mounds. Orson Welles narrates the story of their complex society.

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What happens

Mysterious Castles of Clay is a 1978 documentary film about a termite colony filmed in Kenya by Joan and Alan Root, and narrated by Orson Welles. The documentary was produced for the television nature documentary series Survival and it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and received a Peabody Award. One version of the film, known as simply Castles of Clay, was narrated by British actor Derek Jacobi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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