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The Mirror of the Spirit

Sep 1, 2014

1h 27m

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Overview

Anthropologist and filmmaker João Meirinhos travels in Peruvian Amazonia to speak with healers who work with the plant medicine ayahuasca. The journey begins on the outskirts of Puerto Maldonado in southeastern Peru, and winds northward to Pucallpa and Iquitos.

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Cast

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Antonio Vasquez

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Robert Thé

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Estela Pangoza Sinacay

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David "Slocum" Hewson

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Ignacio Duri Palomeque

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