Embrace of the Serpent
(2015)
Directed by Ciro
Guerra this film stars Nilbio Torres, Antonio Bolivar, Jan Bivoet and
Brionne Davis. Thirty years apart a local shaman travels with two
white explores on expeditions into the Colombian/Peruvian jungle.
Visually beautiful
this film does a great job of exploring the jungle, the people living
in it and the terrible effect of colonialism/capitalism. It is often
a tough balancing act to respect the traditions of the indigenous
people without falling into colonialist stereotypes but this film
does a good job. Highly worth watching it is easy to see why this
film gets so much praise.
5/5
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