Modern Australian

The Beehive, a documentary in 1,344 versions, explores the unsolved murder of Juanita Nielsen

  • Written by Kim Munro, PhD candidate, RMIT University
The Beehive, a documentary in 1,344 versions, explores the unsolved murder of Juanita NielsenStill from Zanny Begg's film The Beehive. Youtube

Review: The Beehive, ACMI Melbourne


A conventional documentary presents a singular argument or perspective. But Zanny Begg throws out the conventions in her film, The Beehive, by presenting 1,344 possible versions of the narrative. This prompts us to question how knowledge is constructed.

The Beehive...