Invisible Extinction

The Invisible Extinction spotlights the extraordinary work and charismatic personalities of scientists Martin Blaser, author of best-selling Missing Microbes: How the Overuse of Antibiotics is Fueling Our Modern Plagues, and his partner in the lab and in life, Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello, as they endeavor to save our vanishing microbes that are essential for our survival.

The film joins them on this urgent quest from the USA to Venezuela, China, Israel, and Switzerland, showing us how the overuse of antibiotics, elective C-sections, and processed foods are driving the destruction of our inner ecology, which is happening even faster than climate change.

As the Covid-19 pandemic hits, Blaser pivots to focus on how our microbes may help protect us from the virus and future pandemics, while Dominguez-Bello spearheads the creation of an international microbe vault to safeguard precious bugs that may help cure chronic illnesses.