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Based in Telluride, Mountainfilm recently announced the Guest Director Wade Davis for the 2024 gathering of the tribe. Wade Davis is a  man for all seasons: cultural anthropologist and ethno-botanist, poet and scientist, filmmaker and licensed river guide. Over the years at Mountainfilm, Wade achieved rock-star...

Wade Davis is a noted anthropologist, ethnobotanist, author and photographer whose work has focused on worldwide indigenous cultures, especially in North and South America and particularly involving the traditional uses and beliefs associated with psychoactive plants. Davis came to prominence with his 1985 best-selling book...

[click “Play” to hear Wade Davis’ conversation with Susan]   In Telluride, simply saying “Wade Davis” is like incanting “Open Sesame,” the name unlocking doors of the mind. Mountainfilm in Telluride executive director Peter Kenworthy described Davis as a “Renaissance man,” a defensive move, because...