The Botany of Desire (2009)

Directors: Michael Schwarz, Edward Gray
Stars: Frances McDormand, Michael Pollan

Featuring Michael Pollan and based on his best-selling book, this special takes viewers on an eye-opening 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 and control.

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