The Botany of Desire

About The Botany of Desire

Featuring Michael Pollan and based on his best-selling book, this special takes viewers on an exploration of the human relationship with the plant world — seen from the plants' point of view. Narrated by Frances McDormand, the program shows how four familiar species — the apple, the tulip, marijuana and the potato — evolved to satisfy our yearnings for sweetness, beauty, intoxication.

Michael Schwarz's The Botany of Desire is a 2009 documentary film. Frances McDormand appears as Narrator (voice), and Michael Pollan as Self.

At 116 minutes long, it arrived in October 2009.

Members will find marijuana, food, evolution, and apple in it. American members can watch it on PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel.

Second Nature: Gender and Sexuality in the Animal World make useful companions to The Botany of Desire, all filed under biology and natural history.