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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wright, Abigail (Author, 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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Summary:	"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 forest is disappearing. Even worse, the tribal shamans--healers and encyclopedias of rain forest botany--are the Amazon's most endangered species. The shaman's apprentice is the story of one scientist's quest to help Amazonians document and preserve their treasure house of life and culture."--Container.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (approximately 54 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD-R.
Awards:	Mountain Film, Telluride: Special jury award, Best cultural documentary.
Production Credits:	Director, Miranda Smith ; writer Abigail Wright ; editor, Leslie Getty ; music, John Kusiak ; producers, Miranda Smith, Abigail Wright ; camera, Gary Griffin, Ken Bailey.