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Embrace of the Serpent
First aired on May 25, 2015
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Genres: Drama, Adventure

The epic story of the first contact, encounter, approach, betrayal and, eventually, life-transcending friendship, between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman, last survivor of his people, and two scientists that, over the course of 40 years, travel through the Amazon in search of a sacred plant that can heal them. Inspired by the journals of the first explorers of the Colombian Amazon, Theodor Koch-Grunberg and Richard Evans Schultes.

Featured Cast: click image to view more
Nilbio Torres | Karamakate (Young)
Antonio Bolívar | Karamakate (Old)
Jan Bijvoet | Theodor Koch-Grunberg
Brionne Davis | Richard Evans Schultes
Yauenkü Miguee | Manduca
Luigi Sciamanna | The Missionary
Featured Crew
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Jose David Corredor | Production Coordinator
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Marcelo Céspedes | Executive Producer
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César Rodríguez | Production Manager
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Raúl Bravo | Executive Producer
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Hori Mentasti | Executive Producer
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Jacques Toulemonde | Writer