The Botany of Desire

• Cast: Frances McDormand, Michael Pollan
• Duration: 116 minutes
• Genre: Documentary
• Rating: 6.4/10
• Release Date: 2009-10-28

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.