Fruit Hunters

A documentary about individuals out to protect the world's fruit varietals by Yung Chan.  The subject matter is fascinating, including personal and scientific efforts to preserve fruit diversity.

Balanced between finding a banana resistant to a disease that is decimating the world's crop, preserving the unique fruit species of Borneo before their forest are permanently destroyed , and actor Bill Pullman's efforts to create a community orchard in the Hollywood Hills.  It is an exploration of success, joy, loss, and frustration.

When it was following the passionate exploration of the individuals in pursuit of their preservation goals, the film was excellent.  Awkward historical reenactments of the early fruit pioneers were a bit distracting, but the key points it made about why it is worth persevering the globe's fruit legacy make this film worth a look.