Embrace of the Serpent

Director Ciro Guerra’s masterful and highly acclaimed (it is the first Colombian film to be nominated for a Best Foreign Picture Oscar), “El Abrazo De La Serpiente” has been described as both “blisteringly poetic” and a “soulful, strange, and rare discovery.” Visually stunning and thematically rich, the film is inspired by the actual diaries of two early 20th century explorers hunting for a rare Amazonian plant. Shot on location in the Colombian Amazon, the film takes place in 1909 and 1940 and tells two stories; Karamakate is an Amazonian shaman and last survivor of his tribe who travels with two scientists, German Theodor Koch-Grunberg and American Richard Evans Schultes, to look for the rare yakruna, a sacred plant.


Monday, April 25

Doors 6:00 | Movie 6:30pm

Online tickets for this date available by clicking HERE

Monday, May 1st
Doors 3:15 | Movie 3:45pm(prompt)

Online tickets for this date available by clicking HERE

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Tickets $10 advance/ $12 at the door

*Must be 19+ w/ID for entry and bar service.
**Groupons and passes OK! Please redeem at the door.



“A mystical tribal shaman leads two western explorers through his disappearing world, in this psychedelic, politically tinged Colombian adventure.” – The Guardian

“From Francis Ford Coppola to Werner Herzog, maverick filmmakers have always been entranced by the madness of the jungle.” – Rolling Stone

EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT “El Abrazo De La Serpiente” (Ciro Guerra / 2015 / 125 mins / Spanish with English subtitles) | The story of the relationship between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and last survivor of his people, and two scientists who work together over the course of 40 years to search the Amazon for a sacred healing plant.

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