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The Botany of Desire (2009)
Directed by Michael Schwarz
Overview
Featuring Michael Pollan and based on his best-selling book, this special takes viewers on an exploration of the human relationship with the plant world—seen from the plants’ point of view. Narrated by Frances McDormand, the program shows how four familiar species—the apple, the tulip, marijuana and the potato—evolved to satisfy our yearnings for sweetness, beauty, intoxication.
Length 120 minutes