American tourists at SpiritQuest Sanctuary, a medicine lodge in Peru, share their thoughts about the traditional medicine ayahuasca, and their motivations for drinking it. Don Howard Lawler, founder of SpiritQuest, describes ayahuasca and its beneficial effects, as do the filmmakers themselves.

Back in 2012 I had my very first Ayahuasca ceremony and, needless to say, I was terrified. But it en...
The Shipibo-Konibo people of Peruvian Amazon decorate their pottery, jewelry, textiles, and body art...
Sachamama is a retreat lodge in Peruvian Amazonia. There, Francisco Montes leads ayahuasca ceremonie...

The last two surviving members of the Piripkura people, a nomadic tribe in the Mato Grosso region of...

Indigenous chief Juma Xipaia fights to protect tribal lands despite assassination attempts. Her stru...

This documentary explores an unknown civilization of the Brazilian Amazon, who risk their lives to p...

Aya: Awakenings' is an experiential journey by journalist Rak Razam into the world and visions of ay...
Shipibo healer Ricardo Amaringo describes how he prepares, teaches, and shares the plant medicine ay...

A documentary about environment destruction in the Amazon and the tribes living there. Produced for ...

The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director We...

Follows Martin Strel as he attempts to cover 3,375 miles of the Amazon River in what is being billed...

A journey through the Brazilian Amazon, guided by the eyes of Renato, a Carioca turned Amazorioca. A...

The supermarket chains used to seem unbeatable, capturing the lion’s share of the grocery market. Bu...

Explore an extraordinary region where water and land life intermingle six months out of the year.

The tombs of the grand lords of Moche civilization - one of Peru's most important pre-Hispanic civil...

Explore the mysterious Amazon through the amazing IMAX experience. Amazon celebrates the beauty, vit...

A documentary film about Tibetan traditional medicine.
This documentary examines ayahuasca shamanism near Iquitos (a metropolis in the Peruvian Amazon), an...

Peru is a country steeped in cultural traditions that stretch back more than 1,000 years. But it's a...