The botany of desire : a plants-eye view of the world / a Kikem Media production.
Summary:
Shows how human desires are an essential, intricate part of natural history. The program will explore the natural history of four plants -the apple, the tulip, marijuana, and the potato - and the corresponding human desires - sweetness, beauty, intoxication and control. This two-hour documentary begins in Michael Pollan's garden, and roams the world, from the fields of Iowa to the apple forests of Kazakhstan, from a medical marijuana hot house to the tulip markets of Amsterdam.
Record details
- ISBN: 0793670845
- ISBN: 9780793670840
- Physical Description: 1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Publisher: [Arlington, Va.?] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, 2009.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Title from container.Based on the book by Michael Pollan.Originally produced for television in 2008.Bonus features: deleted scenes; panel discussion on the interdisciplinary importance of The Botany of desire (19 min.); additional interview with Michael Pollan (29 min.).
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Introduction -- Apples: the desire for sweetness -- Apples as a commodity -- Tulips: the desire for beauty -- Breeding tulips -- Marijuana: the desire for intoxication -- The science behind marijuana -- Potatoes: the desire for control -- Today's potato monoculture -- The web of life.
- Creation/Production Credits Note:
- Directors of photography, John Chater, Vicente Franco; edited by Don Bernier and Gail Huddleson; original score, Martin Bresnick ; produced and directed by Michael Schwarz.
- Participant or Performer Note:
- Michael Pollan, host ; narrated by Frances McDormand.
- Target Audience Note:
- Rating: TV-PG.
- System Details Note:
- DVD, Region 1, NTSC, widescreen; Dolby 2.0 stereo.
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned.
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Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.
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Lummi Library | DVD 987 QK 46.5 .H85 B68 2009 | 679391 | DVD | Available | - |
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500 | . | ‡aBased on the book by Michael Pollan. | |
500 | . | ‡aOriginally produced for television in 2008. | |
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505 | 0 | . | ‡aIntroduction -- Apples: the desire for sweetness -- Apples as a commodity -- Tulips: the desire for beauty -- Breeding tulips -- Marijuana: the desire for intoxication -- The science behind marijuana -- Potatoes: the desire for control -- Today's potato monoculture -- The web of life. |
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