COCALERO
Born out of the «War on Drugs», an Aymara indian named Evo Morales - backed by a troop of coca leaf farmers - travels through Andes and Amazon in jeans and sneakers, leading a historic bid to become Bolivia's first indigenous president.
What first drew me to the story was the historical significance of Morales's unlikely bid to become the first indigenous president of a country that more than 500 years after the arrival of Christopher Columbus continues to live in a de-facto apartheid. His story mirrors the complexities of his country and its place in the world. With a population of only nine million, but home to vast coca fields and colossal natural gas reserves, Bolivia seemed a sort of regional battleground. Filmed in vérité style, handheld, without artificial lighting, with no scripted narration, the aim was to show the many layers and tones of grey within a particular human scenery, painting a vivid picture of a political phenomenon while raising a historic open question. (Alejandro Landes)
- Evo Morales
- Leonilda Zurita
- Alejandro Landes
- Jorge Manrique Behrens
- Lena Esquenazi
- Jacopo Quadri
- Kate Taverna
- Jorge Manrique Behrens
- Lorenzo Bombicci
- Leonardo Heiblum
- Jacobo Lieberman
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