
Overview
Anthropologist and filmmaker João Meirinhos travels in Peruvian Amazonia to speak with healers who work with the plant medicine ayahuasca. The journey begins on the outskirts of Puerto Maldonado in southeastern Peru, and winds northward to Pucallpa and Iquitos.
Top Cast
Antonio Vasquez
Himself
Robert Thé
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Estela Pangoza Sinacay
Herself
David "Slocum" Hewson
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Ignacio Duri Palomeque
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Key Film Crew
Production Stats
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