Bolivia’s Indigenous Workers | Waiting for the Revolution Film Module

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Bolivia’s Indigenous Workers | Waiting for the Revolution Film Module
This module provides background on Bolivia, teaching students about the lives and economic plight of its indigenous people. Various footage captures the rise of coca growing, failed U.S. attempts at eradication and the assent of a poor coca grower, Evo Morales, to the Bolivian presidency in 2005. Students will also follow the campaign of Jiovana Navia, who becomes one of only a few women serving in the Bolivian Parliament. She is elected with the help of a labor organization called PLANE.