The Botany of Desire

Name: The Botany of Desire
Director: Michael Schwarz
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2009-10-28
Duration: 1 h 56 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Frances McDormand, Michael Pollan

Directed by Michael Schwarz

Documentary

20091h 56m6.6

Overview

Featuring Michael Pollan and based on his best-selling book, this special takes viewers on an exploration of the human relationship with the plant world — seen from the plants' point of view. Narrated by Frances McDormand, the program shows how four familiar species — the apple, the tulip, marijuana and the potato — evolved to satisfy our yearnings for sweetness, beauty, intoxication.