The Last Shaman
2016 · Movie · 83 min · ★ 7.2 · 45% critics
A deeply personal documentary follows someone in crisis who travels to the Amazon rainforest, hoping traditional healing can offer a reason to keep going. It explores mental health, desperation, and the search for hope in an unfamiliar world.
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Details
- Years
- 2016
- Release date
- 2017-05-12
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Critic score
- 45/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (32 votes)
About
You may like this if you’re drawn to intimate, real-life stories about survival, belief, and personal change, especially documentaries like Girl Rising; Not for you if emotionally heavy journeys feel overwhelming or too bleak.
Pros: urgent personal stakes; emotionally honest subject; unusual healing journey | Cons: heavy mental health themes; intense subject matter; may feel somber
Themes
- depression
- peru
- medicine
- amazon rainforest
Cast & crew
- JF
James Freeman
as Self
- MF
Mason Freeman
as Self
- SF
Sherry Haydock Freeman
as Self
- PV
Pepe Vasquez
as Self
- RW
Ronald Joe Wheelock
as Self
- QW
Quazicotal Wheelock
as Self
- GA
Guillermo Arévalo
as Self
- KA
Kate Anderson
as Self
- AV
Antonio Vasquez
as Self
- RA
Rosa Arevalo
as Self
Directed by Raz Degan