The Botany of Desire

The Botany of Desire (2009)

October 28th, 20091h 56min

Documentary
64%

Overview

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


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

Žampiony

Žampiony


Released on: 1952-01-01
Documentary

How the Telephone Talks

How the Telephone Talks


Released on: 1919-04-27
Documentary, Animation

"All sounds travel in waves much the same as ripples in water." Educational film produced by Bray St...

Principles of Curiosity

Principles of Curiosity


Released on: 2017-06-14
Documentary

Principles of Curiosity presents a general introduction to the foundations of scientific skepticism ...

We Feed the World

We Feed the World


Released on: 2005-09-10
Documentary

A documentary that exposes the shocking truths behind industrial food production and food wastage, f...

Rostlina a voda

Rostlina a voda


Released on: 1953-01-01
Documentary

Narcotics, Why Not?

Narcotics, Why Not?


Released on: 1966-01-23
Documentary

This film presents a series of extemporaneous interviews with teenagers and young adults who have ta...

Tibet - Les nourritures terrestres

Tibet - Les nourritures terrestres


Released on: 2011-10-04
Documentary

Food for Profit

Food for Profit


Released on: 2024-02-26
Documentary

The film exposes the links between Agrifood and politics. With a pool of international experts it an...

Woolly Mammoth: Secrets from the Ice

Woolly Mammoth: Secrets from the Ice


Released on: 2012-04-12
Documentary, TV Movie

Woolly Mammoth: Secrets from the Ice is a documentary presented by English anatomist Dr. Alice Rober...

Woodstock

Woodstock


Released on: 1970-03-26
Documentary, History, Music

An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969, from preparation ...

WHY ARE WE GETTING SO FAT?

WHY ARE WE GETTING SO FAT?


Released on: 2016-06-07
Documentary, TV Movie

A Cambridge geneticist dispels misconceptions about living with obesity and explores why the epidemi...

Use Your Eyes

Use Your Eyes


Released on: 1970-01-23
Documentary

“Use Your Eyes” is a police training film produced by the Alhambra Police Department, California, in...

Tesla

Tesla


Released on: 2016-10-18
History, Documentary

Meet Nikola Tesla, the genius engineer and tireless inventor whose technology revolutionized the ele...

Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret

Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret


Released on: 2014-07-01
Documentary

Follow the shocking, yet humorous, journey of an aspiring environmentalist, as he daringly seeks to ...

WEED

WEED


Released on: 1971-01-23
Documentary

This 1971 color anti-drug use and abuse film was produced by Concept Films and directed by Brian Kel...

The Great Australian Fly

The Great Australian Fly


Released on: 2014-03-25
Documentary

THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN FLY looks at how a national nuisance has shaped Australia and its people, confo...

Soul

Soul


Released on: 2017-07-30
Documentary

Soul explores the secrets of gastronomy where two cuisines apparently so opposite in their philosoph...

Microcosmos

Microcosmos


Released on: 1996-09-06
Documentary

A documentary of insect life in meadows and ponds, using incredible close-ups, slow motion, and time...

Super Size Me

Super Size Me


Released on: 2004-01-17
Documentary

Morgan Spurlock subjects himself to a diet based only on McDonald's fast food three times a day for ...

Fries! The Movie

Fries! The Movie


Released on: 2021-08-10
Documentary

No other food bridges borders, languages, and tastes more than the humble but delicious fried potato...