Team

Ann Armbrecht, Director and Co-Producer

Ann is a writer and anthropologist (PhD, Harvard 1995) whose work explores the relationships between humans and the earth, most recently through her work with plants and plant medicine.

She is author of The Business of Botanicals: Exploring the Healing Promise of Plant Medicine in a Global Industry, published by Chelsea Green Books in 2021. She is also the co-producer of the documentary Numen: the Nature of Plants, and the author of the award winning ethnographic memoir, Thin Places: A Pilgrimage Home, based on her research in Nepal. She is a student of herbal medicine and was a 2017 Fulbright-Nehru Scholar documenting the supply chain of medicinal plants in India. She lives with her family in central Vermont.

Terrence Youk, Co-Producer

Terrence Youk began work in film and television in 1985, first as a composer and later writing, producing, directing and editing independent documentaries.

He has produced nationally acclaimed programs for PBS, A&E and the Wisdom Channel as well as educational and presentation films crafted for nonprofit institutions including the National Hospice Foundation. Award-winning films include: Thich Nhat Hanh: Roots of Peace, Pioneers of Hospice & The Birth of Modern Hospice, and Numen: The Nature of Plants.