Manuel Correa
2021
La forma del presente
Manuel Correa
Lola Londoño, Teresita Gaviria
According to estimates around 200,000 people lost their lives in the 50-year Colombian civil war. Another 25,000 were kidnapped, many are still considered missing. When the peace deal between the government and the FARC rebels was made in November 2016, guns were banned from the conflict. But the country's population have since faced the almost impossible task of having to agree on a common past. "The Shape of Now" illuminates this strenuous process and thus Colombia's leaden present from very different perspectives.
The Shape of Now
La forma del Presente
Manuel Correa
Ask seven people and you will hear seven different stories. The Shape of Now is a creative documentary that seeks to present the difficulties of writing history in order to achieve peace and reconciliation. This documentary portrays the lived experiences of different social spheres invested peacekeeping: While scientists, academics and activists attempt to find possible routes to normalize a war-torn society, a group of elderly mothers find a direct way to approach the possible killers of their disappeared children, forging a necessary and genuine encounter in the attempt to find closure.
La forma del Presente
