The Shaman's Apprentice (2013)
Directed by Miranda Smith
Genres - Health & Fitness |
Sub-Genres - Alternative Health, Environmental Science, Medicine, Social Issues |
Run Time - 120 min. |
Countries - Canada |
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Synopsis
Ethnobotanist Dr. Mark Plotkin is profiled as he works among the shamans of the Amazon to record their knowledge of the indigenous plant life and its medicinal uses. Narrated by Susan Sarandon.
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diabetes, Shamanism, botany, preservation, rainforest, search, tradition, Amazon, apprentice, cure, environmentalism, extinction, indigenous-peoples, legend [fable], native, natural-healing, plants [botany], scientist
