Posed with the challenge of portraying the depth of tragedy against the pure numbers that accumulate on a daily basis in the media, aims to clarify the tasks of social leaders like Marina and Valencia for a wider public. Much like the transporting 2014 Oscar-nominated narrative film Timbuktu, which dealt with the same topic, They Will Have to Kill Us First is both bracing and beautiful. The title is taken from the movement (#NosEstánMatando) that is now growing among concerned citizens that argue for greater accountability for the killings of social leaders. In Colombia, Hundreds of Ex-Rebels Have Been Murdered Despite Peace Agreement - Truthout, Colombia exceeds 500 deaths from covid for the first time in daily report - Q Costa Rica News, Thousands march in Colombia in fourth day of protests against tax plan - Reuters, Colombian protests intensify over tax plan - Yahoo News UK, Turkey arrests hundreds and four killed in Colombia as May Day protests erupt globally - ABC News. “Nos están matando” – “They’re killing us” – has become the cry of social movements across the country. Our film takes us to the department of Cauca, which bears a disproportionate share of that violence. Reply ↴ Zorocano78 - 05/10/2014 at 17:23 . 1188. As the country gears up for protests, what can we expect? Many of the following images depict graphic violence. The hit series "Something's Killing Me with BD Wong" investigates puzzling and sometimes fatal medical cases, where life literally hangs in the balance. Posed with the challenge of portraying the depth of tragedy against the pure numbers that accumulate on a daily basis in the media, They’re Killing Us aims to clarify the tasks of social leaders like Marina and Valencia for a wider public. A march was held on Friday in 21 cities across the country as part of the movement. Unfortunately, that’s how most documentaries get produced and funded. US drone strikes have been effective in killing senior al-Qaeda leaders in Yemen but innocent civilians have also died, raising tensions in the impoverished and fragile country. Celebrated defensively – just as the perpetrators celebrate genocide defensively in the Act of Killing because they know it's wrong, but are insisting on its correctness. “I believe that They’re Trying to Kill Us is too controversial for mainstream outlets and so we’re asking for your support in getting this film out to the world,” Kuhn said. However, there was hesitation from members of the community to speak about certain topics, in fear of any repercussions. People who think they are unique or different are wrong. With Anwar Congo, Herman Koto, Syamsul Arifin, Ibrahim Sinik. The filmmakers followed local activists, many of them from indigenous communities, as they … The number of social leaders and human rights defenders that have been killed in Colombia since the signing of the peace accord now exceeds well over 200. It helps the audience identify with them”, State of the Nation: No peace for social leaders, Implementing peace: Gender issues lag behind, 8 Colombian Holy Week beliefs you might not have heard of, They’re killing us (Nos están matando) – English, Ceasefire call to armed groups during coronavirus, Tens of thousands march in Bogotá’s first anti-government protests of the year, National strike in Colombia: How it unfolded, Bogotá’s latest red alert: new restrictions in the capital. “Given the FARC had ruled with an iron fist previously, a lot of people didn’t have people standing up for their rights how they want to use natural resources in their area.” Laffay told us, “Where a community leader’s views are not in line with a local paramilitary group, that’s when their lives become threatened.”. “You need to really put in the time and the respect of showing up and taking a meeting with the leadership there, explaining your intentions and the gist of your project.” Laffay said of the labour required to gain access to the communities. Selected for SXSW and the London Film Festival, this documentary tells the compelling story of when jihadists took control of Northern Mali in 2012. The concept of enlightened sexism – media using feminist concepts to then undermine feminism by selling us power, yet covertly taking it away to sell products is increasingly present in all mediums, specifically advertising. All wear red jumpsuits. They all display violent tendencies and seem intent on killing their lookalikes and also any non-Tethereds they come into contact with. They showed this to us when I first went to the National Film School and I absolutely loved it. Courtesy of Film Society of Lincoln Center They Will Have to Kill Us First: Malian Music in Exile - H 2015 Worthy doc is less musically thrilling than it might have been. Nos están matando - They're killing us - Film. They imposed one of the strictest interpretations of Sharia law in history. The film, titled They’re Trying To Kill Us, is the follow-up to the smash-hit movie What The Health. According to Jean Kilbourne and her Killing Us Softly 4, the main difference between men’s and women’s advertising is that “They’d be doing the same things to men they’ve always done to women”. That's just my opinion though. A STIMULANT known as ‘pink cocaine’ is becoming the new designer drug of choice among club-goers and high society, local media reported last week. New vegan film They’re Trying to Kill Us is currently in production with a timely narrative that explores the intersections of diet, poverty, and systemic racism. Issue . “We were given free rein to document whatever we wanted.” Wright said of their unfettered access to the leader’s private lives. A major thank you to everyone who has supported this vision. They’re killing us (Nos están matando) – English from Tom Laffay and Emily Wright on Vimeo. Maybe in other countries people don't … Colombia: ‘They are killing us’ July 19, 2018. With Jean Kilbourne. A new documentary starring prolific advocate Bad Ass Vegan (aka John Lewis) will focus on racism, disease, and food justice. They chose  the department of Cauca because it was “ground zero for this issue” given that around 70 of the deaths (106 in total through the country) were committed in the region in 2017. From inside bulletproof SUVs, on territory raids and marches with indigenous groups and joining funeral processions high in the mountains of Cauca, our film takes viewers into the real and deadly side of Colombia’s peace process. A candlelight vigil for activists who have been killed since the signing of the peace accords, in Bogota, Colombia, on July 6. He found in Wright and producer Daniel. Ohioan Laffay had been a photojournalist in Nicaragua and El Salvador before moving to Colombia. And what they did in the past was kill other people. Film still from They’re Killing Us courtesy of Emily Wright and Tom Laffay A recent film on the killings of social leaders in Colombia is a timely reminder of the dangers posed at those seeking to fight and defend their communities. How is the vaccination process in Colombia going? They're Trying To Kill Us is a groundbreaking feature-length documentary from the award-winning co-director of What The Health and Cowspiracy, that follows the exciting journey of intrepid filmmaker, John Lewis (Badass Vegan, Vegan Smart), as he uncovers the intersections of diet, disease, poverty, systemic racism, and government collusion with industry. That year 32,163 Americans were killed by guns. The former head of Colombia’s victims’ unit, Alan Jara, described it as a ‘massacre in slow motion’ - referring to the 200 plus community leaders murdered since peace was signed in 2016. “They’re Trying To Kill Us” Official Trailer! Find out what's going on, if vaccines are effective and what will happen next. They begin with a pre-bias toward proving a point. “Especially in the cities, a lot of people don’t really have a concept of what being a social leader is.” Laffay said, “I think the film gives an insight into the kinds of work that is being done by them and the kinds of stress they have to go through, be it Héctor riding his bulletproof truck, or Feliciano in illegal mines. For a year we followed two threatened human right defenders: Feliciano Valencia, an Indigenous Nasa community leader fighting for land rights and Héctor Marino, an Afro Descendent community leader trying to set up a community self-protection group – the Cimarron Guard. With Aliou Touré, Oumar Touré, Garba Touré, Nathanael Dembélé. Remarkably, despite the compromising situations that the social leaders put themselves in during the film–including trespassing of private property and the destruction of legal mines– the filmmakers didn’t feel that the leaders restricted how they were viewed. Its absolutely disturbing how some of these people believed that they were doing the right thing by killing others, and how some found it amusing to do so. Emily Wright and Tom Laffay, the film-makers of. 'She used the word murder, that coming from a nurse who went to New York City expecting to help. Simpson's ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman, a new documentary claims. After a mountain funeral in Siberia, Cauca, the film follows social leaders Héctor Marina and Feliciano Valencia, both of whom have been threatened for defending their community. They are killing them, they are not helping them,' added the friend in the video posted on YouTube. I liked the documentary though because it did shed some light as to why these people did what they did even though some of their reasoning are just not right. Colombia. Director Name Johanna Schwartz . The new vegan film They’re Trying to Kill Us is a sequel to the award-winning film What The Health and will follow co-director John Lewis as he unravels the truth to why people of color suffer from disproportionately higher rates of chronic disease than their European American counterparts. Emily Wright and Tom Laffay, the film-makers of They’re Killing Us, spoke to The Bogotá Post on their motivations behind their short film. Based off her fourth “Killing Us Softly” film (the first was in 1979), the presentation showed that the same subtle messages pervade advertising today. They’re Trying To Kill Us “They’re Trying To Kill Us” is the follow-up feature length documentary to the award-winning film What The Health, focusing on food (in)justice told through the lens of Hip Hop and urban culture, produced by Keegan Kuhn (Cowspiracy, What The … Run time: 20:45Language: SpanishSubtitles: EnglishDirectors: Emily Wright / Tom LaffayProducer: Daniel Bustos Echeverry, for interest in screenings and activism use please write, tplaffay@gmail.com / emilycarlottawright@gmail.com. They’re Trying To Kill Us (Indiegogo Campaign) from First Spark Media on Vimeo. With Mireille Enos, Joel Kinnaman, Billy Campbell, Liam James. Thu 18 Mar 2021 07.38 EDT 28 68 H ere’s a documentary that shines a light on squalid corner of British post-imperial legacy: the batches of mercenaries – largely former military personnel – … Nov. 20, 2012— -- A convicted serial killer currently on death row killed O.J. 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