The Coca Plant and Colonialism: Laura Huertas Millán’s Cinematic Exploration of a History of Extraction.
Laura Huertas Millán explores the complex history and misunderstood legacy of the coca plant, which originates in the Andean region of South America. In her exhibition Curanderxs at C/O Berlin Huertas Millán invites viewers to reconsider the coca plant beyond its criminalised status and to recognize its true cultural and historical significance.