While visiting places like Peru, Kazakhstan and Amsterdam, learn from author Michael Pollan as he explains the natural history of apples, tulips, marijuana and potatoes and describes how common plants such as these deftly manipulate human desires. Based on Pollan's best-selling book, this documentary encourages viewers to look at the world from a vastly different perspective and improve their relationships with nature.
A film about natural history of apple, the tulip, marijuana, and the potato and the corresponding human desires (sweetness, beauty, intoxication, and controlling nature).