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The shaman's apprentice / Miranda Productions presents ; director, Miranda Smith ; writer Abigail Wright ; producers, Miranda Smith, Abigail Wright.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Traditional medicine--Amazon River Region.
- Traditional medicine.
- Shamans--Amazon River Region.
- Shamans.
- Rain forests--Amazon River Region.
- Rain forests.
- Ethnobotany--Suriname.
- Ethnobotany.
- Amazon River Region.
- Suriname.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Feature films.
- Environmental films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (54 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Oley, PA] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2014]
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- 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.
- Participant:
- Mark J. Plotkin ; narrated by Susan Sarandon.
- Credits:
- Editor, Leslie Getty ; music, John Kusiak ; camera, Gary Griffin, Ken Bailey.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Miranda Productions, Inc., c2001.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed October 28, 2014).
- Publisher Number:
- bf-sham Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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