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Learn all about the evolution and ecology of flying insects, and their current rapid declines that are causing ripple effects on global biodiversity, in this special documentary film screening of THE LITTLE THINGS THAT RUN THE WORLD.

The 2025 award-winning film was produced by SCCF Trustee Sandra Gross, who will be on site for a post-film Q&A with Co-Producer and Director Doug Hawes-Davis. The screening will take place at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 22, at the Bailey Homestead Preserve. 

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THE LITTLE THINGS THAT RUN THE WORLD is a 2025 documentary film that introduces viewers to a diverse group of scientists, nature lovers, gardeners, farmers, and general bug enthusiasts in exploring the importance of flying insects amid rapid declines in their numbers. These are the most numerous group of animals on the planet by far — three quarters of all species — which is why they have also been called the “glue of life” on Earth. They literally hold ecosystems together.

Insects were the first animals to evolve flight more than 400 million years ago, and they survived all five of the known mass extinctions since then. But, there is evidence that the pace of decline among insects in parts of the world today is fast approaching the levels of previous catastrophes.  What this means for the rest of life on Earth, including humans, is the focus of THE LITTLE THINGS THAT RUN THE WORLD. The film documents the mysteries of the declines along side creative and heroic human efforts to change the course of evolutionary history.

The 105-minute film will be followed by a Q&A with Hawes-Davis and Gross.