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

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Dalton, Scott, film director, film producer.

Martínez, Margarita, film director, film producer.

Florez, Edisón, on-screen participant.

Muñoz, Cielo, on-screen participant.

Martínez, Jesús, on-screen participant.

Icarus Films, distributor.

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:

Feature films.

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 streaming video file (84 min.) : digital, sound, color

polychrome

Place of Publication:

[Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2019]

Language Note:

In Spanish with English subtitles.

System Details:

System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

video file

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:

Featuring Edisón Florez, Cielo Muñoz, Jesús Martínez.

Credits:

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

Notes:

Title from title frames.

Originally produced: ©2005.

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 10, 2019).

Publisher Number:

if-sier Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.