Embrace Of The Serpent

Streaming video - 2016

Through parallel story threads set 40 years apart, this absorbing odyssey follows two Western scientists who travel deep into the Amazon jungle looking for a rare plant that possesses healing powers, with enigmatic shaman Karamakate as their guide. Nominated to for Best Foreign Language Feature at the 2016 **Academy Awards**, Best International Film at the **Film Independent Spirit Awards**, and winner of the **Sundance Film Festival**'s Alfred P. Sloan Award. Official Selection at the **Cannes Film Festival**. *"Embrace of the Serpent is a legitimate stunner, a river-trip that will mesmerize and jack with you, leaving you not quite certain, at its end, how to go about the rest of your day."* - Alan Scherstuhl, ***The Village... Voice*** *"Unique and intoxicating, an art movie that grips like a thriller."* - Tom Huddleston, ***Time Out***

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Genres
Feature films
Published
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Oscilloscope Laboratories 2016.
2019.
Language
Spanish
Other Authors
Ciro Guerra (film director), Antonio Bolivar (actor), Brionne Davis, Jan Bikvoet, Luigi Sciamanna, Nicolas Cancino, Nilbio Torres, Yauenku Migue
Online Access
A Kanopy streaming video
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Item Description
Title from title frames.
Film
In Process Record.
Physical Description
1 online resource (streaming video file) (124 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Format
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Access
AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).