CARTUCHO

By Andrés CHAVES SÁNCHEZ

COSTADOCS - as PROD

Social issues - Completed 2017

In 2001, in the historic center of Bogota, the government decided to end the violent neighborhood Cartucho. After its demolition, a sterile park feared by people was built. But the legacy of Cartucho still wanders nearby. We destroyed the neighborhood, but anger remains.

Festivals
& Awards

FIDMarseille 2017
First Film - International Competition
Rotterdam IFFR 2018
Bright Future Mid-Lenght
    • Year of production
    • 2017
    • Genres
    • Social issues, Documentary
    • Countries
    • COLOMBIA
    • Languages
    • SPANISH-COLOMBIAN
    • Duration
    • 55 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Andrés CHAVES SÁNCHEZ
    • Producer(s)
    • Adriana AGUDELO (COSTADOCS)
    • Synopsis
    • It is completely unprecedented in Colombian history for a magnificent colonial neighborhood made up of traditional families and businesses to become home to thousands of homeless people and mafias. It´s streets and old homes were converted into crack houses. This is a documentary that reconstructs the broken memory of Cartucho neighborhood in Bogotá. It´s a story of degradation that represents a society that tries to sweep the dirt under the rug. After it’s violent demolition in 2001 the government built a sterile park that people fear. But the legacy of Cartucho still wanders nearby. We destroyed the neighborhood, but anger remains.