United Notions Film LLC

United Notions will produce the documentary film Cocaine Prison, directed by Violeta Ayala, which follows the experiences of three indigenous Bolivians who work at the lowest levels of the cocaine trade. Two inmates of an overcrowded prison film their daily experiences, while one inmate’s sister must decide whether to traffic cocaine or become the first person in her family to pursue college. Cocaine Prison follows the consequences of the criminalization of coca leaves, long an indigenous Bolivian medicine, since the 1980s.