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Peyote to LSD: A Psychedelic Odyssey

"The untold story of hallucinogens: from jungle shamans to the hippie generation."

2008-04-19
5.6
en 100m
Documentary
Plant Explorer Richard Evans Schultes was a real life Indiana Jones whose discoveries of hallucinogenic plants laid the foundation for the psychedelic sixties. Now in this two hour History Channel TV Special, his former student Wade Davis, follows in his footsteps to experience the discoveries that Schultes brought to the western world. Shot around the planet, from Canada to the Amazon, we experience rarely seen native hallucinogenic ceremonies and find out the true events leading up to the Psychedelic Sixties. Featuring author/adventurer Wade Davis ("Serpent and the Rainbow"), Dr. Andrew Weil, the Grateful Dead's Bob Weir and many others, this program tells the story of the discovery of peyote, magic mushrooms and beyond: one man's little known quest to classify the Plants of the Gods. Richard Evans Schultes revolutionized science and spawned another revolution he never imagined.

Director

Peter von Puttkamer

Music

Michael Richard Plowman

Colorist

Patrick Woodard

Writer

Wade Davis

Writer

Peter von Puttkamer

Camera Operator

Randall Peck

new mexico lsd botanist amazon rainforest ayahuasca magic mushroom explorer anthropologist peyote traditional medicine indigenous peoples oaxaca

Status

Released

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

  • Gryphon Productions

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