Embrace Of The Serpent 2016

The story is based on the diary account and letters of a scientist-explorer who visited and researched the Amazonian peoples in the early 20th century. He gathered some of the native peoples tools and artifacts to take back to Europe along with all his notes. There were various tribes at that time, many of whom were kept as slave laborers for the rubber barons, the Colombians, or subjugated and tortured by Christian missionaries. The film simply re-enacts those events that the explorer witnessed and noted.

Through parallel story threads set 40 years apart, this absorbing odyssey follows two Western scientists who travel deep into the Amazon jungle looking for a rare plant that possesses healing powers, with enigmatic shaman Karamakate as their guide.

Starring: Jan Bijvoet, Brionne Davis, Antonio Bolívar Salvador
Runtime: 2 hours, 4 minutes