Absinthe: The Forbidden Spirit

Absinthe was the drink of artists and Bohemians in 19th century, the libation of risk-takers and artisans alike. This a start of the documentation of the history of absinthe — the journey of journalist Tania Brasseur and photographer Tamara Berger through the “valley of absinthe” in Switzerland and France. Throughout this valley, they meet with people who still make the drink to this day and have pushed for the absinthe renaissance, featuring over 100 of Berger’s photographs. Through its present, they’ll explore the past of how absinthe’s wild success led to it’s prohibition and subsequent re-legalization in the more recent past.