Traditional Medicine Movies

A documentary about iboga, a medicinal tree root that is the basis of the bwiti religion in Gabon.

In search of a miracle, an American woman embarks on a journey to the Peruvian Amazon and finds hope in a community, through rituals involving an...

The Legacy of Menla is a fresh portrayal of cancer, from the perspective of Tibetan Medicine.

Filmed in the jungles of Peru, shaman Don Jose Campos introduces the practices and benefits of Ayahuasca, the psychoactive plant brew that has been...

Shipibo healer Ricardo Amaringo describes how he prepares, teaches, and shares the plant medicine ayahuasca. Olivia and Julian Arévalo sing...

Sachamama is a retreat lodge in Peruvian Amazonia. There, Francisco Montes leads ayahuasca ceremonies for tourists seeking insight and healing.

Three people fly from Chile and Spain to Iquitos, Peru to experience the magic of the sacred plant ayahuasca.

This film explores the integration of religion and plant-based medicine in an Ewe vodu community in southern Togo. A village priest healer, local...

A participatory ethnographic film that tells the story of the struggle of Q'eqchi and Mopan Maya healers in Belize to keep their medical tradition...

Sick in Africa follows the true stories of several Mozambicans from the Yawo tribe who are ill, but searching for healing and answers.

Black American healer shares about her practice and explores traditional healing, music, and dance in Zimbabwe.

Epic ground-breaking journey across India, China and Tibet to explore alternative medicine. With healthcare costs soaring in the west, looking east...