The Botany of Desire

    The Botany of Desire
    2009

    Synopsis

    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.

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    Cast

    • Frances McDormandNarrator
    • Michael PollanHimself

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