EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT (2015)
At once blistering and poetic, the ravages of colonialism cast a dark shadow over the South American landscape in EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT, the third feature by Ciro Guerra. Filmed in stunning black-and-white, SERPENT 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 who traveled through the Colombian Amazon during the last century in search of the sacred and difficult-to-find psychedelic Yakruna plant.
SPECIAL FEATURES
• Making EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT – produced by the EMBRACE team, this behind-the-scenes program features on set footage and photos
• Adventure, Culture, History, Magic – in-depth behind the scenes segments
• Lessons from the Amazon - interview with actor Brionne Davis
• Theatrical trailer
• Theatrical trailer
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