Carlos Álvarez
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A kind of "flyer film," a chance discovery: a poor old woman sits on a street in front of a wall, behind her a Kodak advertisement. The brutal contrast between rich and poor is summed up here.
Colombia 70
Documentary that portrays the events that occurred in 1967, during the military takeover of Ciudad Universitaria, which marked a before and after in the relationship between students of the National University of Colombia and the military forces.
Asalto
Documentary about Camilo Torres Restrepo.
Introducción a Camilo
The film describes the cause and effect of the undernourishment of Colombian children in five chapters and has the form of a black book of capitalism. The tenor of the film is aggressive... the projector nails the faces and deeds of the enemy to the screen, makes them targets of a camera that sees itself as a weapon.
Los hijos del subdesarollo
A 1970 documentary directed by Julia Sabogal. The film screened at Valdivia International Film Festival in 2021.
Un día yo pregunté
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