Due to a great coincidence of fate, I, a child then, did not go to a meeting with War. Other women did complete that meeting and joined the guerrilla. After many years this story comes back to me and, inevitably, I decided to go after it. How is it to be a guerrilla woman and lay down the weapons after the Peace Treaty?
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Coups, military dictatorships, civil wars, massacres, and disappearances—nearly every Central and South American country endured these tragedies in the 20th century. In Colombia, over 200,000 people died in the civil war that began in 1964 between leftist guerrilla groups like the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia (FARC) and government forces. After more than 50 years of conflict, the government and FARC signed a peace agreement in the fall of 2016. And thus, former fighters laid down their arms and began life anew as civilians. This film turns its gaze to the women who joined the guerrilla movement as children and now face the task of rejoining society. Director Priscila Padilla who nearly joined the guerrillas herself as a child goes on the search for a friend who did and focuses on their stories. Some of these women spent over 40 years in the jungle as guerrilla fighters—can they truly adapt to city life and reintegrate into society? (CHUN Jinsu)
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Renato Manganello | renato@utopiadocs.net
Priscila PADILLA
