FDL 2008 | Coca Zero
MONDAY 20 | 19:30 | 3€
Coca Zero
MARTHA GUTIERREZ FLORES • BOLIVIE-DANEMARK/BOLIVIË- DENEMARKEN • 2005 • 43’ • VO/OV ST/OND FR/NL/EN
Flagey - Studio 1

The war against drug trafficking has led to a ban on growing coca leaves in Bolivia, where its consumption is a thousand-year-old tradition and meets various health needs of the population. Operation Coca Zero being conducted by US organisations is triggering the violent repression of the peasants while the cocaine manufacturers remain unpunished. 

Best documentary (equal 1st prize) and best journalistic investigation at the Rosario 2006 Latin American video festival