Benito Arévalo is an onaya: a traditional healer in a Shipibo-Konibo community in Peruvian Amazonia. He explains something of the onaya tradition, and how he came to drink the plant medicine ayahuasca under his father's tutelage. Arévalo leads an ayahuasca ceremony for Westerners, and shares with us something of his understanding of the plants and the onaya tradition.
Benito Arévalo
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Benito Arévalo is an onaya: a traditional healer in a Shipibo-Konibo community in Peruvian Amazonia. He explains something of the onaya tradition, and how he came to drink the plant medicine ayahuasca under his father's tutelage. Arévalo leads an ayahuasca ceremony for Westerners, and shares with us something of his understanding of the plants and the onaya tradition.
The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems related to casting, tribal struggles and accidents, among many other setbacks; but nothing compared to dragging a huge steamboat up a mountain, while Herzog embraces the path of a certain madness to make his vision come true.
หลังเครื่องบินตก เด็กพื้นเมือง 4 คนต้องหาทางเอาชีวิตรอดกลางป่าแอมะซอนในโคลอมเบียโดยใช้ภูมิปัญญาของบรรพบุรุษ ขณะที่ทุกฝ่ายทุ่มกำลังออกตามหาในแบบที่ไม่เคยมีมาก่อน
Peru is a country steeped in cultural traditions that stretch back more than 1,000 years. But it's also a land of surprising natural riches.
A paralysingly beautiful documentary with a global vision—an odyssey through landscape and time—that attempts to capture the essence of life.
สารคดียอดเยี่ยมที่จะพาคุณเดินทางเข้าไปยัง ป่าฝนบอร์เนียว และ ทุ่งหญ้าซาวานนาห์ เพื่อตามติดชีวิตของมนุษย์ที่อุทิศตนเพื่อสัตว์ป่า เราจะได้เห็นมิตรภาพอันงดงามระหว่าง คน ลิงอุรังอุตัง และ ช้างแอฟริกา ด้วยภาพการถ่ายทำระดับ IMAX ทำให้ได้ภาพป่าสน ทุ่งหญ้า อันกว้างใหญ่ ให้เสียงบรรยายโดย มอร์แกน ฟรีแมน
Nine filmmakers each profile a young girl from a different part of the world to weave a global tapestry of youth in the 21st century.
A documentary about how a dominant cultural and demographic institution both sustains their traditional activities and adapts to the digital revolution.
A documentary film that takes us on a scientific and spiritual journey where we discover that by changing one's perceptions, the human body can heal itself from any disease.
THE SPIRIT MOLECULE weaves an account of Dr. Rick Strassman's groundbreaking DMT research through a multifaceted approach to this intriguing hallucinogen found in the human brain and hundreds of plants, including the sacred Amazonian brew, ayahuasca. Utilizing interviews with a variety of experts to explain their thoughts and experiences with DMT, and ayahuasca, within their respective fields, and discussions with Strassman’s research volunteers, brings to life the awesome effects of this compound, and introduces us to far-reaching theories regarding its role in human consciousness.
Capturing Avatar is a feature length behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of Avatar. It uses footage from the film's development, as well as stock footage from as far back as the production of Titanic in 1995. Also included are numerous interviews with cast, artists, and other crew members. The documentary was released as a bonus feature on the extended collector's edition of Avatar.