The botany of desire
Publisher:
PBS Home Video
Publication Date:
2009
Language:
English
Description
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.
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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.
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Closed-captioned
Documentary television programs
Films for the hearing impaired
Human-plant relationships
Nature
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Documentary television programs
Films for the hearing impaired
Human-plant relationships
Nature
Video recordings
Videorecording
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The botany of desire
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The botany of desire [dvd]
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The botany of desire
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Human-plant relationships
Nature
Nature
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