The Peyote Files With Dr. Martin Terry
A documentary series co-directed by Bia Labate and Nicholas Spiers
Produced by the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines
Join us on Tuesday, February 16th at 10:00 AM PST for the online premiere of our latest documentary series, The Peyote Files with Dr. Martin Terry. Co-directed by Bia Labate and Nicholas Spiers and produced by the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines, this three-part web series follows Dr. Bia Labate on an eye-opening road trip through West Texas to meet Dr. Martin Terry, one of the world’s leading experts on Lophophora williamsii (peyote).
This event will be hosted by Dr. Anya Emarkova, a student of Dr. Martin Terry, and herself a prominent researcher and conservationist.
In episode one (Peyote Territory) Bia and Martin trek through peyote’s natural habitat and discuss its unusual morphology, psychoactive nature, history of human interest, and Martin’s irrepressible zeal for all things cacti. Martin’s rigorously scientific understanding of peyote’s evolutionary context challenges the mystical assumptions often underpinning the role of its psychoactive properties. For further information, please see some of the film’s creators discussing The Peyote Files at a 2019 panel in Oakland.
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