La Sierra / a film by Scott Dalton & Margarita Martínez ; directed and produced by Scott Dalton.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Dalton, Scott, director, producer.

Martínez, Margarita, producer.

First Run/Icarus Films, distributor.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Gangs--Colombia--Medellín.

Gangs.

Young adults--Colombia--Medellín--Social conditions.

Young adults.

Violence--Colombia--Medellín.

Violence.

Poor--Colombia--Medellín.

Poor.

Social conditions.

Colombia--Social conditions.

Colombia.

Colombia--Medellín.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videocassette (approximately 84 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

1/2 in.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Brooklyn, NY : First Run/Icarus Films, [2005]

Language Note:

In Spanish with English subtitles.

System Details:

VHS.

analog

magnetic

VHS

Summary:

Thousands of people were killed in gang related violence in Colombia over the last ten years. The film profiles three young people living in La Sierra, a Medellín barrio which is controlled by paramilitaries known as the Bloque Metro. It chronicles their lives and their involvement in the conflict, and records the despair and poverty these young people experience, and the hope that the changes that are made will bring peace and a better life for them and their families.

Participant:

Edisón Florez, Cielo Muñoz, Jesús Martínez.

Credits:

Director of photography, Scott Dalton ; editor, Andrew Blackwell ; music, Fondo Musical Ltda.

Notes:

Includes public performance rights for University of Pennsylvania only. Streaming not allowed without a separate license.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

OCLC:

62385022