Para la Coca

Overview

The coca plant is one of the world’s most controversial plants. In the West, it is primarily associated with the recreational drug cocaine, which was first produced in Europe in the nineteenth century and has given rise to a violent system of drug trade and abuse. The plant’s healing and stimulating properties have endowed it with cultural and spiritual significance for the indigenous population of the Andes region, yet this fact has gone rarely mentioned in history books, pointing to the Western hegemony of knowledge among other factors. Since 2018, Colombian filmmaker Laura Huertas Millán has examined the coca plant in her work.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

February 7, 2023

Original language

English

Countries

Colombia, France

Director

Cristobal Gomez Abel,Laura Huertas Millán

Producer

Laura Huertas Millán

Cinematography

Laura Huertas Millán

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt30589884