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How Afro-Colombians Are Standing up Against Racial Violence

Ana Luisa González — Fri, 19 Jun 2020 20:45:43 +0000

“Who killed him? It was the police! Who killed him? It was the police, it was the police,” a crowd of hundreds of protesters chanted on June 15 in downtown Bogotá, Colombia. They were accompanied by drums, guitars and palo seco (a percussion instrument made of wood and filled with seeds). This blunt arenga (a

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Meet Natalia Santa, the First Female Colombian Director to Screen at the Cannes Film Festival

Ana Luisa González — Fri, 02 Jun 2017 21:49:03 +0000

The Cannes Film Festival, whose red carpet has helped kick-start a thousand careers, held its 70th edition last month. And while the festival’s most overt display of Latino presence may have taken place at its anniversary gala dinner – where a star-studded mariachi singalong took place – the Directors’ Fortnight program also provided a stand out moment: With

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Director Felipe Guerrero Shares Why His Film on Colombia’s Civil War Is Centered on Women

Ana Luisa González — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 19:59:02 +0000

A beast threatens three women, Rocio (Marleyda Soto), La Mona (Jocelyn Meneses) and Nelsa (Luisa Vides) in rural Colombia as they escape the barbarity of the war. These women find themselves in the middle of the conflict, confronting family disappearances and gender violence among other ghastly war crimes on the rural Atlantic coast of Colombia.

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