Embrace Of The Serpent DVD Japanese American independent film with a

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Embrace Of The Serpent DVD Japanese American independent film with a'Embrace of the Serpent' Director: Ciro Guerra (2015) Spanish, Portuguese, Aboriginal, German + English subtitles In the Colombian Amazon a shaman accompanies two explorers (one German, the other American) forty years apart in their quest to find a life saving plant. Colonialism, religion, materialism and human consciousness are some of the linked themes. Though it brings to mind other great river journey films such as 'Aguirre: Wrath of God' and