Hard Road Back
2011 / 25 min. / 25 minutes / 2011 / For Al Jazeera WITNESS / Country of production: Colombia / Directed by: MANUEL F CONTRERAS Producer: RUSS FINKELSTEIN Cinematography: MANUEL F CONTRERAS Sound Design and Mix: ISABEL TORRES Editing: MANUEL F CONTRERAS Color Grading: JUAN ORTIZ Commissioning Editor: JEAN GARNER
Colombias former FARC guerrillas must live with the regrets of their past and the deadly temptations of the present. This is the story of Julio, who demobilized from the FARC to start a new life in Bogota, where he feels he does not belong, neither he can go back to his hometown.