The Botany of Desire
[United States] : PBS Home Video, 2009.
Format: DVD
Description: 1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Other Authors:
Pollan, Michael, interviewee (expression)
Schwarz, Michael, 1953-2019, television producer, television director.
Gray, Edward (Edward S.), television producer.
Kapany, Kiran Kiki, television producer.
McDormand, Frances. narrator.
Chater, John (Cinematographer), director of photography.
Franco, Vicente, director of photography.
Bresnick, Martin, composer (expression)
Television adaptation of (work): Pollan, Michael. Botany of desire.
Kikim Media, television producer.
PBS Distribution (Firm)
Pollan, Michael, interviewee (expression)
Schwarz, Michael, 1953-2019, television producer, television director.
Gray, Edward (Edward S.), television producer.
Kapany, Kiran Kiki, television producer.
McDormand, Frances. narrator.
Chater, John (Cinematographer), director of photography.
Franco, Vicente, director of photography.
Bresnick, Martin, composer (expression)
Television adaptation of (work): Pollan, Michael. Botany of desire.
Kikim Media, television producer.
PBS Distribution (Firm)
Subjects:
Pollan, Michael -- Television adaptations.
Human-plant relationships.
Apples.
Tulips.
Cannabis.
Marijuana.
Potatoes.
Nature.
Pollan, Michael -- Television adaptations.
Human-plant relationships.
Apples.
Tulips.
Cannabis.
Marijuana.
Potatoes.
Nature.
Target Audience: Rating: TVPG.
ISBN:
0793670845
UPC: 841887010856
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
DVD SCIENCE Nature Bot | St. Andrews Indoors | DVD | In |
Videorecording.
DVD, widescreen.
DVD, widescreen.