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In Washington/Peru: We Ain't Winning!, producer David Feingold and director Shari Robertson investigate the situation in Peru in the early 1990s - a case that, according to one U.S. congressman, "defies all description and solution." Internal conflict rages between the government and Shining Path communist guerillas, while the United States military attempts to eradicate coca production in the countryside.
Congressional hearings raise the question of who is winning the "War on Drugs." Accurate measurements of cocaine production are non-existent, and drug traffickers have moved crops into remote areas to avoid interference. Meanwhile, interviews with peasant farmers show that growing coca is their only viable economic option.
Shining Path guerillas provide protection to farmers while trying to gain power in urban areas through frightening acts of violence. President Fujimori depends heavily on a military police force guilty of human rights violations. Congress wonders how exactly the United States should be involved, while Andean peasants suffer persecution and extreme poverty.
Suitable for those with an interest in Latin American Studies, Drugs and Development, U.S. Foreign Policy and War and/or Conflict.
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Washington/Peru We Ain't Winning!
Directed by
Shari Robertson
Cast
Pierre Brulatour
Produced by
David A. Feingold
Ossi Lubrani
Christopher Walker
Cinematography by
Michael Camerini
Allen Moore
Film Editing by
Kathryn Barnier
Production Management
Eduardo Bryce
Amy Faust
Gabrielle Kostiuk
Art Department
Jerry Botner
Sound Department
Barbara Flyntz-Bradley
Jeff Kenton
Pamela Yates
Camera and Electrical Department
Jose Armijo
Fred Lee
Editorial Department
Paul Keller
John V. Krepol
Pat Warner
Other Crew
Sarah Arvio
Walter Krochmal
Ruth Silva