- Published: [United States] : PBS Home Video, 2009.
- Year Published: 2009
- Description: 1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
- Language: English
- Format: DVD
ISBN/Standard Number
- 0793670845
- 9780793670840
- 841887010856
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Subjects
- Human-plant relationships.
- Nature.
- Documentary television programs.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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The Botany of desire
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Release date: Nov. 3, 2009.
Originally produced for television, 2008.
Features: deleted scenes.
Features, Michael Pollan ; narrator, Frances McDormand.
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.
DVD; Dolby 2.0 stereo.
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Life Blooms
This is a really enjoyable and most interesting documentary. Which can be hard to come across sometimes these days, it reminds us of how nature is still calling the shots and that she will continue to do so, regardless of what we may think.
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