The shaman's apprentice /

"Deep in the rain forests of Suriname, among remote tribes of Amerindians and 18th century African villages founded by escaped slaves, Dr. Mark Plotkin is racing against time to protect our future. New and fabulously effective medicines may be found in the Amazon's plant life, but the fore...

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Main Author:	Wright, Abigail (Producer)
Corporate Author:	Miranda Productions
Other Authors:	Smith, Miranda (Film director) (Director, Producer), Plotkin, Mark J., Sarandon, Susan, 1946- (Narrator)
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Published:	Telluride, Colo. : Miranda Productions, ©2001.
Subjects:	Traditional medicine > Amazon River Region. Healers > Amazon River Region. Rain forests > Amazon River Region. Ethnobotany > Suriname. Ethnobotany. Botany, Medical. Medicinal plants. Ethnobotany Indians, South American Medicine, Traditional Plants, Medicinal Ethnobotanique > Suriname. Ethnobotanique. Plantes médicinales. Healers. Rain forests. Traditional medicine. Amazon River Region. Suriname Suriname. Documentaries and Factual Films Feature films > United States. Nonfiction films. Feature films. Documentary films. Documentaires. Films autres que de fiction.
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