COCALERO

Spanish / English subtitles
Argentina / 2007 / 94 min
12, Sep, 2008 - 5:00 pm
Pacific Cinémathèque
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COCALERO
Director: Alejandro Landes
Producer: Ellyn Daniels, Alejandro Landes, Julia Solomonoff, Roberto Alem, Jorge Manrique Behrens, Paula Alvarez Vaccaro
Cinematographer: Jorge Manrique Behrens
Editor: Kate Taverna, Jorge Manrique Behrens, Lorenzo Bombicci, Jacopo Quadri
Sound: Lena Esquenazi
Music: Leo Heiblum, Jacobo Lieberman
Born out of the US War on Drugs, an Aymara indigenous man called Evo Morales backed up by a troop of coca leaf farmers- travels through the Andes and Amazon regions in jeans and sneakers, leading a historic bid to become Bolivia’s first indigenous president.

Hijo de la guerra norteamericana contra las drogas, un indio Aymara llamado Evo Morales acompañado por una tropa de cocaleros- atraviesa los Andes y el Amazonas en jeans y zapatillas, encabezando una contienda histórica para convertirse en el primer presidente indígena de Bolivia.
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