La Toma . The Siege
Coproduction: Colombia, France, USA. Verzio FF Duration: 01:28:00 Bogotá, November 6, 1985. 35 heavily armed members of the M-19 guerilla movement storm the Palace of Justice, home to Colombia’s Supreme Court. Hundreds of people are taken hostage, including almost all of Colombia’s Supreme Court jud...
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| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Pivot Pictures ; International Center for Transitional Justice
2011
United States |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:a7d5049f-e984-45a4-9e19-89ca2cd7dc0b |
| Summary: | Coproduction: Colombia, France, USA. Verzio FF
Duration: 01:28:00
Bogotá, November 6, 1985. 35 heavily armed members of the M-19 guerilla movement storm the Palace of Justice, home to Colombia’s Supreme Court. Hundreds of people are taken hostage, including almost all of Colombia’s Supreme Court judges. The guerillas have a clear demand – they want the President put on trial. The government refuses to negotiate, and the military open fire on the building. For 27 hours, Bogotá’s central plaza is transformed into a brutal and bloody battlefield, resulting in nearly a hundred deaths, including 34 guerillas, along with eleven Supreme Court judges and many employees of the courts. Twelve others are unaccounted for. Many believe they were “disappeared”—removed from the building by government forces, tortured, and then killed. Twenty-five years later Colonel Plazas Vega, who commanded of the operation, is indicted for their disappearance. The case becomes a touchstone for the integrity of justice in Colombia. |
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| Published: | 2011 |