Micronauts: The Beauty of Bacteria

Editor's Take

Shrinking its scale to the microscopic, this film treats the bacteria in and around us as a world worth seeing rather than a threat to be managed. It uses striking magnified imagery to argue for the beauty and complexity of life at the smallest scale. The emphasis falls on wonder and biology rather than disease. It makes an invisible realm briefly, vividly present.

This documentary shrinks down to explore the vast hidden universe of bacteria living inside and around us, some hundred trillion microscopic organisms. It journeys into this microcosmos to reveal the beauty and complexity of life at the nanoscale, where the origins of living things come into focus. Striking imagery makes the invisible world vivid and strange. Fascinating and eye-opening, it changes how you see the microbes all around. Free to stream in 4K on Dr Documentary.

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