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Fantastic Fungi

  • The Newtown Theatre 120 North State Street Newtown, PA, 18940 (map)

It’s right under your feet.

Cohosted by Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve

Fantastic Fungi, directed by Louie Schwartzberg and narrated by Brie Larson, is a consciousness-shifting film that takes us on an immersive journey through time and scale into the magical earth beneath our feet, an underground network that can heal and save our planet. Through the eyes of renowned scientists and mycologists like Paul Stamets, best-selling authors Michael Pollan, Eugenia Bone, Andrew Weil and others, we become aware of the beauty, intelligence and solutions the fungi kingdom offer us in response to some of our most pressing medical, therapeutic, and environmental challenges.

Event Details

The screening is Friday, February 21 at 7:30 PM. Doors open at 6:30 PM. Tickets can be purchased at the box office when the doors open.

Seating is first come, first served.

Beer, wine, and concessions will be available before the film.

Learn more about parking near the theatre.

Admission

  • $12 for adults

  • $10 for students and seniors 65 and older

  • $8 for children 12 and younger

  • $6 for theatre members and staff, volunteers, and members of Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve (must present valid ID)

Critic Reviews

Fantastic Fungi is never uninteresting, and often startling in the natural beauty it reveals.” Wall Street Journal

“The totality of Fantastic Fungi is so entertaining, informative and appealingly hopeful about the hard-working cure-all for our ailing world lying beneath our feet.” Los Angeles Times

“One of the year's most mind-blowing, soul-cleansing and yes, immensely entertaining triumphs.” RogerEbert.com

“Louie Schwartzberg's lightly informative, delightfully kooky documentary, Fantastic Fungi, offers nothing less than a model for planetary survival.” New York Times

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