"Suriname." . . "Rain forests Amazon River Region." . . "Amazon River Region." . . "Amazon River Region" . "Indians of South America Suriname." . . "Bullfrog Films." . . "Shamans Amazon River Region." . . "Traditional medicine Amazon River Region." . . "Ethnobotany." . . "Shamans." . . "Traditional medicine." . . . . "Miranda Productions." . . "Rain forests." . . "Healers Amazon River Region." . . "Medicine, Traditional Suriname." . . "Traditional medicine Suriname." . . "Documentary films." . . "Medicinal plants Suriname." . . . . . "The shaman's apprentice a tale of the Amazon rain forest" . . "Feature films"@en . . . . "Feature films" . . . . . . . "Deep in the rain forests of Suriname, among remote tribes of Amerindians and 18th century African villages founded by escaped slaves, Dr. Mark Plotkin is racing against time to protect our future. New and fabulously effective medicines may be found in the Amazon's plant life, but the forest is disappearing. Even worse, the tribal shamans--healers and encyclopedias of rain forest botany--are the Amazon's most endangered species. The shaman's apprentice is the story of one scientist's quest to help Amazonians document and preserve their treasure house of life and culture."@en . . . . . . "(Producer) Deep in the rain forests of Suriname, among remote tribes of Amerindians and 18th century African villages founded by escaped slaves, Dr. Mark Plotkin is racing against time to protect our future. New and fabulously effective medicines may be found in the Amazon's plant life, but the forest is disappearing. Even worse, the tribal shamans--healers and encyclopedias of rain forest botany--are the Amazon's most endangered species. The shaman's apprentice is the story of one scientist's quest to help Amazonians document and preserve their treasure house of life and culture." . "\"Deep in the rain forests of Suriname, among remote tribes of Amerindians and 18th century African villages founded by escaped slaves, Dr. Mark Plotkin is racing against time to protect our future. New and fabulously effective medicines may be found in the Amazon's plant life, but the forest is disappearing. Even worse, the tribal shamans--healers and encyclopedias of rain forest botany--are the Amazon's most endangered species. The shaman's apprentice is the story of one scientist's quest to help Amazonians document and preserve their treasure house of life and culture.\"--Container."@en . . . . . "Motion pictures" . "Motion pictures"@en . . . . . "In the book, Kamanya believes in the shaman's wisdom about the healing properties of plants found in the Amazon rain forest and hopes one day to be a healer for his people. LeVar Burton and Mark Plotkin then visit the Tirio people, and learn about traditional medicines, customs, and crafts. The real-life Kamanya then shows them his world in the Amazon." . "In the book, Kamanya believes in the shaman's wisdom about the healing properties of plants found in the Amazon rain forest and hopes one day to be a healer for his people. LeVar Burton and Mark Plotkin then visit the Tirio people, and learn about traditional medicines, customs, and crafts. The real-life Kamanya then shows them his world in the Amazon."@en . . "Documentary films" . "Documentary films"@en . . . "Children's films" . "\"Deep in the rain forests of Suriname, among remote tribes of Amerindians and 18th century African villages founded by escaped slaves, Dr. Mark Plotkin is racing against time to protect our future. New and fabulously effective medicines may be found in the Amazon's plant life, but the forest is disappearing. Even worse, the tribal shamans--healers and encyclopedias of rain forest botany--are the Amazon's most endangered species. The shaman's apprentice is the story of one scientist's quest to help Amazonians document and preserve their treasure house of life and culture\"--Container."@en . . "\"Deep in the rain forests of Suriname, among remote tribes of Amerindians and 18th century African villages founded by escaped slaves, Dr. Mark Plotkin is racing against time to protect our future. New and fabulously effective medicines may be found in the Amazon's plant life, but the forest is disappearing. Even worse, the tribal shamans--healers and encyclopedias of rain forest botany--are the Amazon's most endangered species. The shaman's apprentice is the story of one scientist's quest to help Amazonians document and preserve their treasure house of life and culture\"--Container." . . . . . . . . . "Tale of the Amazon rain forest"@en . "Tale of the Amazon rain forest" . . . "Television movies" . . . . . . . . . . . . . "In the rain forests of Suriname, among remote tribes of Amerindians and 18th century African villages founded by escaped slaves, Mark Plotkin races against time before the forest disappears, to study the plant life of the Amazon, which potentially contains medical cures, and to encourage the tribal shamans to pass on their hitherto undervalued knowledge of healing and botany to young apprentices."@en . . . . "Juvenile works"@en . . . . "Juvenile works" . . . "Video recordings for the hearing impaired"@en . "Nonfiction films"@en . "Nonfiction films" . "Video recordings for the hearing impaired" . . . . . . "Ethnographic films" . . "Ethnographic films"@en . "Environmental films"@en . "The shaman's apprentice [a tale of the Amazon rain forest]"@en . "The shaman's apprentice" . "The shaman's apprentice"@en . . . "The shaman's apprentice : [the search for knowledge in the Amazon rain forest]"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Plants, Medicinal Suriname." . . "Indians, South American Suriname." . . "Ethnobotany Suriname." . .