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War TakesSummary- from the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival 2003 website
"For over four years, three Colombian filmmakers turned their cameras on themselves, using personal stories to expose the tough reality in their violent, war-ravaged country. According to these filmmakers, Colombia has been functioning for many years in the gray area between legalism and lawlessness. Their portrayal does not aim to confirm the image the outside world has of Colombia as a hotbed of excessive political violence and drug traffic, but instead draws out the beauty and warmth amidst the larger turmoil within their homeland. The humor borders on surreal as the film moves between conversations in the jungle with guerrillas to elegant dinner parties with society's elite. War Takes allows the real lives of its heroes, forever changed by war, to break through the stereotypes, forcing us to rethink our own conceptions, or misconceptions, of the beliefs and values by which these Colombians live." To read a review of this documentary, by Educational Media News Online, please click here. Publisher/Producer: Faction Films in association with Citurna for ZDF Das Kleine Fernsehspiel Length: 75 minutes Original version: Spanish. English & German subtitles. World Distribution (except Germany / France / Austria / Latin America): Faction Films - Sylvia Stevens sstevens@factionfilms.co.uk OR faction@factionfilms.co.uk Latin America Citurna Productions citurnas@cable.net.co Germany / France / Austria ZDF - Public Channel Burkhard Althoff - Commissioning Editor Althoff.B@zdf.de ContactWorld Distribution (except Germany / France / Austria / Latin America):
Link Faction Films - Sylvia Stevens sstevens@factionfilms.co.uk OR faction@factionfilms.co.uk Latin America Citurna Productions citurnas@cable.net.co Germany / France / Austria ZDF - Public Channel Burkhard Althoff - Commissioning Editor Althoff.B@zdf.de Placed on the Communication Initiative site May 28 2003 Last Updated May 29 2003 Top 5 Related Pages for this Summary |
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