‘Embrace of the Serpent’ Takes Audience Through Colombia’s Amazon
By Worldview‘Embrace of the Serpent’ Takes Audience Through Colombia’s Amazon
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The Oscar-nominated film Embrace of the Serpent centers on a Colombian shaman, who guides two westerners through the jungle in search of indigenous knowledge.
The film, shot in black and white, looks at how Westerners have impacted the lives of indigenous peoples.
Film contributor, Milos Stehlik of Facets Multimedia, spoke with the film’s director, Ciro Guerra, about the process of filming in the Amazon.
Embrace of the Serpent is showing at Music Box Theatre in Chicago and at Landmark Renaissance Place in Highland Park.