La gente de la región del Chapare es acosada por las patrullas militares de erradicación de coca que no sólo destruyen sus cultivos de coca, sino que también frecuentemente hieren, insultan e incluso cometen atrocidades. Pero la voluntad del pueblo y la cultura siguen luchando.

Evo Morales was a Bolivian congressman at the time of filming in 2004. At the time he was best known as an advocate and unofficial representative of traditional coca farmers, who are, for the most part, poor and marginalized. Today this indigenous politician and one-time farmer himself is best known for being president of Bolivia.