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Title:
Rostros humanos tras los bosques de niebla [videorecording] = Human faces behind the rain forest / idea original, Juan Carlos Palou, Arturo Ospina, Rita Combariza ; guión, edición, dirección, Mady Samper ; una producción de Plan Nacional de Desarollo Alternativo PLANTE.
Format:
[videorecording] =
Publisher:
First Run/Icarus Films,
Copyright Date:
2001
Description:
1 videodisc (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Subject:
Opium poppy growers--Colombia.
Indigenous peoples--Colombia.
Indians of South America--Colombia.
Heroin industry--Colombia.
Yanaconas.
Paez Indians--Colombia.
Rain forest ecology--Colombia.
Documentary films.
Other Authors:
Samper, Mady.
Plan Nacional de Desarollo Alternativo PLANTE.
Summary:
Documents the dramatic events surrounding the harvest of the opium poppy crop in the Colombian rain forest, through the experiences of the peasants and other indigenous peoples involved in the harvest. Shows how specific social and economic conditions forced many of Colombia's indigenous communities into the poppy trade. Members of the communities describe the social collapse that has occurred as a result of harvesting the crop, from rampant alcoholism to chronic violence.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)74457882
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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