Embrace of the Serpent (IN TRANSLATION SERIES)

This film is part of our In Translation series of recent foreign language films of note. Synopsis: Embrace of the Serpent centers on Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and the last survivor of his people, and the two scientists who, over the course of 40 years, build a friendship with him. The film was inspired by the real-life journals of two explorers (Theodor Koch-Grünberg and Richard Evans Schultes) who traveled through the Colombian Amazon during the last century in search of the sacred and difficult-to-find psychedelic Yakruna plant. [Oscilloscope Pictures] In Translation Series May 29 & 30 - Embrace of the Serpent June 5 & 6 - Cemetery of Splendour June 12 & 13 - Rams June 19 & 20 - Sweet Bean June 26 & 27 - The Clan