director:
David Brown
/
Meredith L. Dreiss
playwright:
Sharon Edgar Greenhill
/
Meredith L. Dreiss
/
David Brown
/
Jennifer Lane
actor:
Edward James Olmos
genre:
Documentary
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History
region:
United States
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Mexico
language:
English
length: 59m
release date: 2014-03-28
IMDb: tt3647164
Overview
AGAVE IS LIFE is an exploration of the history of the agave plant in the cultures of Mexico and the American Southwest. Starting thousands of years ago when hunter-gatherers viewed the hardy desert succulent with it's myriad uses as a gift from the gods, agave's story is told through the lens of archaeological, ethnographic and modern day vignettes, closing with concerns about threats to the plant's future