Bojayá: Caught in the Crossfire

2019

1h 20m

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"To bring peace to the living, you must remember the dead."

Overview

In 2002, 79 people died when The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army (FARC) launched a homemade mortar onto a church where many were hiding from crossfire between the FARC and the Paramilitaries. Leyner Palacios survived, but 28 of his family members did not. When peace between the government and the FARC was signed in 2016, after 50 years of conflict, Leyner made it his mission to ensure the peace deal was implemented to his people’s benefit, receiving a Nobel Peace Prize in the process. But, as the FARC demobilise, other armed groups seek to fill the power vacuum, and political pressure through presidential elections puts Leyner’s work, and life, at risk. Will this poster boy of peace be able to protect his family from another wave of violence?

Status: Released

Language: ES

Production Information

Production Companies

Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland Northern Ireland Screen Kew Media Group Fine Point Films

Production Countries

Ireland United Kingdom

Spoken Languages

Spanish

Quick Facts

Release Date	April 28, 2019
Status	Released
Language	ES

Cast

Key Crew

Oisin Kearney

Director

Loretta van der Horst

Producer

Trevor Birney

Producer

Brendan Byrne

Producer

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