Habilito: Debt for Life
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Documents the conflicts and tensions that arise between highland migrants and Mosetenes, members of an indigenous community in the Bolivian Amazon. It focuses particularly on a system of debt peonage known locally as ‘habilito’. This system is used throughout the Bolivian lowlands, and much of the rest of the Amazon basin, to secure labor in remote areas.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2010-08-25
Runtime: 51 mins
Director: Chuck Sturtevant, Daniela Ricco Quiroga
Spoken language: Español
Genres: Documentary
Original title: Habilito: Debt for Life
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Production Countries: Bolivia
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