Overview
Plot
In Bolivia, drug production and consumption create dramatic tensions. Traffickers and politicians are involved, but so are peasants and unemployed ex-miners for whom the drug economy is the only barrier against starvation, while foreign experts try to persuade them to abandon it.
- Directors
- Danièle Incalcaterra
- Genre
- Documentary
- Release date
- 1990-01-01
- Studios
- JBA Production
Plot
Warning: spoilers
This film examines Bolivia as a microcosm of the tensions surrounding drug production and consumption. It contrasts the traffickers and politicians with the peasants and unemployed ex-miners who rely on the drug economy to avoid starvation and absolute misery. On the other side, technicians, aid workers, and foreign experts attempt to persuade the peasants to stop growing drugs, encapsulating North-South relations.
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