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The shaman's apprentice [videorecording] / [presented by] Bullfrog Films (and) Miranda Productions ; director, Miranda Smith ; writer, Abigail Wright ; producers, Miranda Smith and Abigail Wright.

Contributor Plotkin, Mark J.

Imprint:Oley, PA : Bullfrog Films, c2001.

Description1 videodisc (54 min.) : sd., col.with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Note:"Deep in the rain forests of Suriname, among remote tribes of Amerindians and 18th century century African villages founded by escaped slaves , Dr. Mark Plotkin is racing against time to protect our future. New and fabulously effective medicines may be found in the Amazons plant life, but the forest is disappearing. Even worse, the tribal shaman's---- healers and encyclopedias of rain forest botany --- are the Amazon's most endangered species. The shaman's apprentice is the story of one scientist's quest to help Amazonians document and preserve their treasure house of life and culture" --Container

Note : PerformerMark J. Plotkin, narrater by Susan Sarandon

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Contributor
Plotkin, Mark J.
Sarandon, Susan, 1946-
Smith, Miranda.
Wright, Abigail.
Bullfrog Film, Inc.
Miranda Prioducions.
Subject:
Ethnobotany -- Suriname.
Indians of South America -- Suriname.
Traditional medicine -- Suriname.
Medicinal plants -- Suriname.
Healers -- Amazon River Region.
Rain forests -- Amazon River Region.
Trio Indians.
Traditional medicine -- Amazon River Region.
Amazon River Region.
Index Term - Genre/Form
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.