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Languages: English
Genres: Documentary,
Runtime: 2:00:00 Hour
Cast: Frances McDormand, Michael Pollan
Directors: Michael Schwarz, Edward Gray
Rating: 7.6 (600 Votes)Year: 2009
Summary: Michael Pollan, a professor of journalism and a student of food, presents the history of four plants, each of which found a way to make itself essential to humans, thus ensuring widespread propagation. Apples, for sweetness; tulips, for beauty; marijuana, for pleasure; and, potatoes, for sustenance. Each has a story of discovery and adaptation; each has a symbiotic relationship with human civilization. The film tells these stories and examines these relationships.
