¿Qué pasa después de la coca? Coca Lives Roberto Lanza Bolivia, Documentary, 2006 84 min., 16mm, Color Spanish and Quechua with English Subtitles Hideout Theater Sunday, April 22, 2:30 PM All Audiences

Today, there are 70,000 families in Bolivia whose livelihoods depend exclusively on the cultivation of the coca leaf. Twelve years ago the Bolivian government declared this practice illegal. The Bolivian government, with the political and military support of the United States, has militarized the region of Chapare and begun a plan of forceful eradication. Peaceful solutions to this problem have repeatedly failed, prompting demonstrations on the part of the exacerbated Aymara- and Quechua-speaking populations and fueling fears of a “Colombian-ization’’ of Bolivia. Violent confrontations between the public and the military have claimed hundreds of lives. Are the undeniable social and economic evils of cocaine smuggling the real reason for this conflict? What are the hidden agendas of all the players concerned? Can one dominant culture attempt to eradicate the foundations of a subservient one many miles away, geographically and morally?

Robert Lanza has a degree in cinematography from the International Film and TV School of Cuba. He studied still photography at the Active Photo School of Mexico, and holds a diploma in audio visual studies in the areas of production, script, music, editing, and directing, with special mention in cinematography

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Producers: Donald K. Ranvaud, Robert Bevan

Screenwriter: Roberto Lanza

Cinematographer: Roberto Lanza

Editing: Juan Carlos Gómez