Embrace Of The Serpent
The film centers on Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and the last survivor of his people, and the two scientists who, over the course of 40 years, build a friendship with him. The film was inspired by the real-life journals of two explorers (Theodor Koch-Grünberg and Richard Evans Schultes) who trav...
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| Format: | Videos DVD |
| Language: | Spanish English German Latin Portuguese South American Indian languages |
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[New York, New York] :
Oscilloscope Laboratories,
[2016]
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| Summary: | The film centers on Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and the last survivor of his people, and the two scientists who, over the course of 40 years, build a friendship with him. The film was inspired by the real-life journals of two explorers (Theodor Koch-Grünberg and Richard Evans Schultes) who traveled through the Colombian Amazon during the last century in search of the sacred and difficult-to-find psychedelic Yakruna plant. |
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| Item Description: | Title from sell sheet. Originally produced as a motion picture in 2015. Wide screen (2.35:1). |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD. |
| Awards: | 2016 Academy Award nominee, Best Foreign Language Film. |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, David Gallego ; editors, Etienne Boussac & Cristina Gallego ; music, Nascuy Linares. |
