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The Last Shaman

2015

Raz Degan

Documentary, Self: James Freeman

6.0

242

Documentary. Adventure. Drama James gives himself 12 months before he has 'a license to kill himself'. He sets off to the amazon rainforest with hopes of finding a shaman who can save his life.

	Author	Review
United States	Nick Schager Variety	"At once superficial and overblown, this documentary also often feels downright phony (...) [It] comes across as far more schematic than spontaneous"	NEG
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"A sincere but less than ideal introduction to the trendy ceremonial drug ayahuasca."	NEU
United States	Ben Kenigsberg The New York Times	"How 'The Last Shaman' came to be isn’t discussed in the film, but this documentary might be less disquieting if it had been (...) [It] would have benefited from overt, Socratic questioning"	NEU
United States	Alan Scherstuhl Village Voice	"Fascinating are the details of the rituals, the river-trek photography, Freeman's frankness about his struggles with depression, and Degan's quick portraits of the people Freeman meets along his way"	POS

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