“In that stillness and silence, deep down underground, we experience deep time.” Screen Anarchy
Narrated by Sandra Hüller, Underland (2025) is an exploration across three main locations - Mayan caves, Las Vegas storm drains, and a physics lab two kilometers underneath the Canadian Rockies - which offers a groundbreaking perspective on our relationship with the earth beneath our feet.
Adapted from Robert Macfarlane’s bestselling book, this mesmerizing documentary journeys with three intrepid ‘astronauts of the underworld’ into worlds seldom seen by human eyes. Beginning in the shallow soils beneath an old ash tree, Underland explores ancient sacred caves, flooded storm drains, melting glaciers, underwater burial chambers and a deep underground laboratory built to solve the mysteries of the Universe. This deep dive into the Earth ultimately presents a groundbreaking vision for rethinking our lives on this fragile surface.
Directed by Rob Petit, produced by Darren Aronofsky.
Runtime: 79m