The Beekeeper and His Son: A compelling micro-drama

The Beekeeper and His Son
***1/2
Documentary
Directed by: Diedie Weng
Duration: 85 minutes
Diedie Weng’s parents grew up in rural China, eventually moving to the city Guangdong, in the south of the country, where the filmmaker grew up. She received her MFA in documentary production from the State University of New York at Buffalo, but returned to her homeland in 2009, working in Beijing for more than a year, then taking on a community video project in northern China.
It was there that she