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Films
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“Uribe, Simón”
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Colour / Black and white
“Colour”
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films available on demand
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Region
South America
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Country
Colombia
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Keywords
Development projects
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Infrastructure / Transport
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Material Culture
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Rural
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Directors
Uribe, Simón
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not set
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Country of production
Colombia
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Year of production
2019
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Colour / Black and white
Film
Suspension
2019
73
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Werbner Award
Directed by
Simón Uribe
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This film documents the building of a modern road through the imposing geography of southern Colombia. It brilliantly captures some of the absurdities and contradictions of a construction project that has struggled for decades in an effort which one engineer calls “political madness.” Filled with stunning images, it places the infrastructure of the road at the centre of a drama where humans are at the mercy of mudslides, torrential rains and volatile rivers. There are no heroes or villains here; no easy answers. What we are left with is a lingering sense of the intersection of effort and folly.
South America
Development projects
Infrastructure / Transport
Material Culture
Rural