Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In Canada, Charles Coocoo sees the damage cocaine is causing in Indigenous communities. In Peru, he discovers a very different reality: for Andean peoples, coca is not a drug but a sacred leaf used for healing, ritual, food, and daily life.
His journey takes him from coca plantations and mountain ceremonies to doctors, farmers, elders, and community leaders who defend the leaf as medicine and cultural heritage. Along the way, he confronts a hard question: how did a plant used for thousands of years become globally reduced to cocaine?
This documentary explores the spiritual, medicinal, political, and human story of Mama Coca, and the Indigenous voices fighting to reclaim its meaning.
Documentary: Mama Coca, the sacred leaf
Directed by: Atencio Gonzales
Production : Les Productions Vic Pelletier
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In Canada, Charles Coocoo sees the damage cocaine is causing in Indigenous communities. In Peru, he discovers a very different reality: for Andean peoples, coca is not a drug but a sacred leaf used for healing, ritual, food, and daily life.
His journey takes him from coca plantations and mountain ceremonies to doctors, farmers, elders, and community leaders who defend the leaf as medicine and cultural heritage. Along the way, he confronts a hard question: how did a plant used for thousands of years become globally reduced to cocaine?
This documentary explores the spiritual, medicinal, political, and human story of Mama Coca, and the Indigenous voices fighting to reclaim its meaning.
Documentary: Mama Coca, the sacred leaf
Directed by: Atencio Gonzales
Production : Les Productions Vic Pelletier
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