Habilito: Debt for Life

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.

Release Date

August 25, 2010

Status

Released

Original Title

Habilito: Deuda por Vida

Runtime

51min

Budget

Revenue

Language

Spanish

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