NCLAFF: El abrazo de la serpiente / The Embrace of the Serpent. Ciro Guerra. 125min. 2015. Colombia

09.30 | Friday. Love Auditorium, Levine Science Research Center. Duke. 6 pm.

El abrazo de la serpiente / The Embrace of the Serpent. Ciro Guerra. 125min. 2015. Colombia.

Reception at 6pm. Love Auditorium Atrium

The story of the relationship between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and last survivor of his people, and two scientists who work together over the course of 40 years to search the Amazon for a sacred healing plant. The film tells two stories, taking place in 1909 and 1940, both featuring Karamakate. He travels with two scientists, German Theodor Koch-Grunberg and American Richard Evans Schultes, to look for the rare yakruna, a sacred plant. The film is loosely inspired by the diaries written by the two scientists during their field work in the Amazon.

A panel discussion on Amazonian Conservation will follow the screening.

Featuring. John Terborgh, Ernesto Ortíz, Jeff Vincent. Moderated by Elizabeth Shapiro-Garza.

Co-sponsored by the Nicholas School of the Environment and the Tropical Conservation Initiative at Duke University.

The Levine Science Research Center on Duke University's west campus located at 308 Research Drive Durham, NC 27708.