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Catalogue Number: 041169
Producer: PBS Video
Subject: Science
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: United States
Copyright Year: 2008
Running Time: 120
Closed Captions: Yes
The Botany of Desire
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Catalogue Number: 041169
Producer: PBS Video
Subject: Science
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: United States
Copyright Year: 2008
Running Time: 120
Closed Captions: Yes
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.