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Look, this is the house.

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Over here is the bedroom.

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This is the living room,

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and the kitchen is down that way.

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That clearing is where I put the columns.

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Can you see them over there?

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I was going to build my bedroom there.

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But then,

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that night we heard strange steps around us.

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We had no idea whose they were.

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That's when this all fell apart.

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The strangers arrived without us knowing.

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We could only see them
walking by from our window.

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It all happened a few days later.

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We had to flee.

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That day when we all left,

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I had to wake up very early.

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I walked down this way at 4 am.

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I came up this way.

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And I started walking.

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I had to walk in the dark,

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without knowing where I was stepping.

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I was right there,

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and I heard a motorcycle arrive.

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They gave a letter to my sister-in-law.

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She calls me and says:

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"Look, a strange man gave me this letter."

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So she began to call everyone.

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"Come, come and see this!"

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We started handing out letter after letter.

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Everyone was running around.

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Right here, all over La Bonga.

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"We have to leave, my people!
We have to leave!"

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"Because this is serious."

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"This is serious."

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"This is serious."

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Look at the little fish.

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Grab it.

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Look at the fish, grandma!

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Where are they?

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Look at them right there, shit!

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Look at all the fish!

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There's a bunch of big fish over there.

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Yes, large Moncholos.

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Tilapia too.

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That pond is really deep!

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Look at the cold air coming out.

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Look how the cold air comes out.

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If you fall over, you'll die.

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That pond is really deep.

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Look at all the fish!

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We're going that way, right, grandma?

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Shit!

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What a beautiful Bonga tree!

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Dayanis,

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I used to travel alone.

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And I would say:
"My God, keep me company."

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Will I be killed if I go back
to live in La Bonga?

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Grandma, was there
anything bad on the way there?

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Like snakes or anything like that?

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No, nothing.
There were no snakes.

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People used to say that
there was a tiger on the way there.

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And people were scared
to travel on this path by themselves.

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What if the tiger came out suddenly?

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What would they do?

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That tiger is furious.

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Ma, what is that pretty thing over there?

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What is that?

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I’m not sure.

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There are a bunch of lights.

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That's probably Cartagena.

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Cartagena?

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Or Arjona.

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Do these cows have
nothing better to do?

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Dayanis,

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When I'm in the city,
I dream a lot about La Bonga..

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The other night I dreamt

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of a huge celebration.

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And there was a sound system playing
in the middle of the party,

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and it was packed with people.

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Mom, and there was a lot of food?

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You can't even imagine the amount of food.

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Whenever I told someone about my dream,

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they would say that it meant
that someone was going to die

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And I'd tell them they were wrong.

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The dream means that I
have to go back to live in La Bonga.

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Good morning!

00:11:06.290 --> 00:11:07.875
Good morning.

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Why don't we cut the paper
to cover that side?

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Loosen it up again so we can cut it.

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Grab the knife that's right there.

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And I can cut another one for you
if that one is too short.

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Tie it well so that it doesn't
spill on the way there.

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And let Walter know that
one of the sacks of rice is open.

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The little mule will
carry the mondongo soup.

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Come kids, come help us out!

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We need to balance the load between
all the animals so they don’t carry too much.

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El Calvo is going to carry this.

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They’re the hands of the saint.

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Be very careful with it.

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Don't let it break.

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What are they singing, Ignacio?

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It sounds like joropo.

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Whenever they sing, it sounds like joropo.

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The guacharaca birds are singing at dawn.

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That's a record by Cassiani.

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He made a record about those birds.

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About the guacharacas?

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Yes.

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I've never heard it.

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Yes you have!

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It's on that record that people
play when someone dies.

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When you die, they'll play that CD.

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It'll play at your funeral then.

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No, not on mine.

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But he still dies.

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Is he dead?

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Remember all the
bulls that used to be here?

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You would see
them standing right here.

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Those bulls used to
stand right in the middle.

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They would chase people
all the way to the fence.

00:17:47.983 --> 00:17:50.194
"Here comes the bull!"

00:17:50.194 --> 00:17:52.446
"and they would yell, run!"

00:17:52.446 --> 00:17:53.739
"Here it comes!"

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And the bull would
stand right in the middle.

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They wouldn't let anyone cross.

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"To the bull's mouth, he heads."

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Back then,

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they would sing the "Amor, Amor."

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This is the Amor, Amor.

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The love that charms me.

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Whenever I'm celebrating,

00:18:21.517 --> 00:18:24.353
Death can wait 'til later.

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This is the Amor, Amor.

00:18:26.480 --> 00:18:28.899
The love that charms me.

00:18:28.899 --> 00:18:30.818
Whenever I'm celebrating,

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Death can wait 'til later.

00:18:32.820 --> 00:18:35.155
This is the Amor, Amor.

00:18:35.155 --> 00:18:37.366
The love that charms me.

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Whenever I'm celebrating,

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Death can wait 'til later.

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With you, I feel happy.

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With these beautiful men.

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I sharpen my talents,

00:18:49.962 --> 00:18:52.172
so we can all enjoy the moment.

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This is the Amor, Amor.

00:18:53.882 --> 00:18:56.301
The love that charms me.

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Whenever I'm celebrating,

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Death can wait 'til later.

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As we're going to La Bonga,

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eagerly and impatiently,

00:19:07.187 --> 00:19:09.273
my friends are my shadow,

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if you doubt, ask Sebastián.

00:19:11.400 --> 00:19:13.235
This is the Amor, Amor.

00:19:13.235 --> 00:19:15.237
The love that charms me.

00:19:15.237 --> 00:19:17.072
Whenever I'm celebrating,

00:19:17.072 --> 00:19:19.449
Death can wait 'til later.

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I have another story for you.

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My mom was making soup.

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The old lady was making her soup.

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And right when the death threat arrived...

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the soup was ready, but
we didn't have time to eat it.

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So, mom took the soup off the stove,

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and she poured into a bucket,

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and she ran away carrying the soup.

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Everyone was running,

00:19:48.854 --> 00:19:51.899
and my mom ran with the
bucket of soup on her head!

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When she arrived here to El Limón...

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the soup was still hot.

00:19:59.031 --> 00:20:02.159
And everyone was crying.

00:20:02.159 --> 00:20:04.912
Everyone from La Bonga was on the floor, crying.

00:20:04.912 --> 00:20:07.206
And the cars would just drive by.

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Then the Red Cross came.

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And even, Caracol TV.

00:20:12.753 --> 00:20:15.088
Caracol Channel also came by.

00:20:15.088 --> 00:20:17.799
And then a bus stopped.

00:20:17.799 --> 00:20:21.970
And mom packed up the soup.

00:20:23.013 --> 00:20:27.392
The bus attendant
put the soup up on the racks.

00:20:28.477 --> 00:20:32.689
And as soon as the bus got going...

00:20:32.689 --> 00:20:35.108
as soon as the driver hit the brakes,

00:20:35.108 --> 00:20:37.319
the soup spilled everywhere!

00:20:37.319 --> 00:20:39.821
And the people sitting
underneath it got covered in soup.

00:20:39.821 --> 00:20:42.783
As if it was raining soup.

00:20:45.244 --> 00:20:47.162
The bucket of soup had flipped over.

00:20:48.372 --> 00:20:49.831
The soup was nice and fatty too!

00:20:49.831 --> 00:20:52.042
Funny how we laugh about it now.

00:21:26.827 --> 00:21:29.746
I'll let you know as soon as we arrive.

00:21:29.746 --> 00:21:32.374
Right now we're crossing the hill at El Limón.

00:21:35.669 --> 00:21:38.880
Right before the big hill.

00:22:03.739 --> 00:22:06.700
You're falling behind, Mr. José.

00:22:06.700 --> 00:22:08.702
You can't hear what I have to tell you.

00:22:09.244 --> 00:22:09.953
Yes, I can.

00:22:09.953 --> 00:22:11.496
I'm not deaf.

00:22:11.496 --> 00:22:14.916
I thought you were deaf with your age and all.

00:22:15.250 --> 00:22:17.711
How old are you, excuse me?

00:22:17.919 --> 00:22:20.339
I'm not that old,
I just went through puberty, I’m 84.

00:22:20.339 --> 00:22:22.132
84 years old?

00:22:22.132 --> 00:22:25.469
I'll be happily jumping
on one foot if I reach that age.

00:22:25.469 --> 00:22:28.430
But check it out,
I'm 53 and everything hurts.

00:22:28.555 --> 00:22:30.265
My bones don't hurt.

00:22:30.265 --> 00:22:31.475
Is that right?

00:22:31.475 --> 00:22:34.269
That's the man that's gonna dance
with me in La Bonga, then!

00:22:34.269 --> 00:22:37.022
I know I'm not giving up.

00:22:38.398 --> 00:22:41.902
But we're doing fine.

00:22:42.903 --> 00:22:49.201
We just need a bus to come by
to take us there quickly.

00:22:56.958 --> 00:23:01.838
This is one of many
parties that we’re going to do again.

00:23:02.172 --> 00:23:07.094
Starting today, the celebrations
begin once more in La Bonga.

00:23:08.970 --> 00:23:10.347
It's hot in the sun?

00:23:10.347 --> 00:23:12.182
Don't complain, papa!

00:23:20.690 --> 00:23:22.943
There will be a band!

00:23:22.943 --> 00:23:24.277
And Bingo!

00:23:24.277 --> 00:23:27.364
Card games and domino!

00:23:29.324 --> 00:23:32.494
Soccer for the young ones,
tomorrow, Sunday.

00:23:32.494 --> 00:23:33.829
Softball.

00:23:33.829 --> 00:23:36.998
At Maria de los Santos' place,

00:23:36.998 --> 00:23:39.000
the displaced one.

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:42.421
People used to say
"you're crazy to go out there!"

00:23:42.421 --> 00:23:44.339
But look what it's brought me!

00:23:44.339 --> 00:23:46.508
I feel proud and happy,

00:23:46.508 --> 00:23:50.429
to see this large group
coming with me to La Bonga.

00:23:50.429 --> 00:23:54.099
Too bad I don't even have
a hen or a turkey to feed everyone.

00:23:55.434 --> 00:23:58.812
Not like at the beginning
when I had lots of them.

00:23:58.812 --> 00:24:02.649
But I think that
next time we'll be better off.

00:24:02.649 --> 00:24:05.485
We'll make candy,
we’ll make a bit of everything.

00:24:07.863 --> 00:24:09.448
With fresh or dry corn?

00:24:09.448 --> 00:24:11.032
Dry.

00:24:13.076 --> 00:24:16.246
Speak up!
This is an important moment.

00:24:16.246 --> 00:24:18.665
So we realize that we can return!

00:24:18.665 --> 00:24:20.125
Long live La Bonga!

00:24:20.125 --> 00:24:21.460
Long live!

00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:23.253
Long live Santa Rosa de Lima!

00:24:23.253 --> 00:24:25.005
Long live!

00:25:13.136 --> 00:25:16.056
Ma, whenever you traveled to La Bonga,

00:25:16.056 --> 00:25:18.225
people would talk and say:

00:25:18.225 --> 00:25:20.769
"What is María going to do there?"

00:25:20.769 --> 00:25:22.771
“There is nothing there.”

00:25:23.563 --> 00:25:25.315
They would say that you were crazy,

00:25:25.315 --> 00:25:28.944
because you would go to La Bonga.

00:25:30.987 --> 00:25:33.281
What scared me,

00:25:33.281 --> 00:25:36.117
was when the monkeys howled.

00:25:38.078 --> 00:25:39.955
I would get goosebumps.

00:25:39.955 --> 00:25:42.249
And I would look behind me,

00:25:42.249 --> 00:25:44.417
and look back,
and look back.

00:27:04.998 --> 00:27:07.959
Dayanis, take your shoes off!

00:27:07.959 --> 00:27:09.794
Take them off.

00:27:09.794 --> 00:27:12.339
It's very slippery.

00:27:42.410 --> 00:27:44.371
We’re going to La Bonga.

00:27:48.208 --> 00:27:50.168
With María.

00:27:50.168 --> 00:27:52.295
To La Bonga...

00:28:00.970 --> 00:28:02.972
Don't throw away the plant.

00:28:03.264 --> 00:28:04.683
But, it died.

00:28:04.683 --> 00:28:06.309
No, it wasn't dead.

00:28:06.309 --> 00:28:07.602
I already threw it away.

00:28:07.602 --> 00:28:10.313
Grab that one right there then, carefully.

00:28:10.313 --> 00:28:12.732
Carefully grab that one.

00:28:12.732 --> 00:28:15.652
Just make sure you get the root.

00:28:18.655 --> 00:28:20.949
You can't plant that.

00:28:20.949 --> 00:28:23.827
Yes, I'll plant it in a pot.

00:28:25.120 --> 00:28:28.289
Just make sure you get the root.

00:28:28.289 --> 00:28:31.334
I'm not grabbing anything else.

00:28:44.681 --> 00:28:46.641
Dayanis, come!

00:28:46.933 --> 00:28:49.227
No, grandma!

00:29:09.122 --> 00:29:12.041
Back when I was a teenager like you, I cried too.

00:29:12.041 --> 00:29:14.961
And I would ask my dad the same question.

00:29:14.961 --> 00:29:16.212
And I would say:

00:29:16.212 --> 00:29:21.342
"Dad, why did they make
La Bonga so far away from everything?"

00:29:22.010 --> 00:29:25.180
And he told me
that the elders had to run away.

00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:27.056
They ran from the white men.

00:29:27.056 --> 00:29:28.057
Yes.

00:29:29.976 --> 00:29:32.937
So, they searched for a place
where no one could find them.

00:29:32.937 --> 00:29:35.148
They were scared.

00:29:36.149 --> 00:29:37.442
My dad used to say,

00:29:37.442 --> 00:29:39.486
that if you feel afraid,

00:29:39.486 --> 00:29:42.030
you should never look back.

00:31:27.719 --> 00:31:29.721
Hey, bridge!

00:31:29.721 --> 00:31:32.682
Damn, how long has it been?

00:31:32.682 --> 00:31:34.684
Twenty-three years!

00:31:39.272 --> 00:31:42.358
Damn, La Bonga is gone.

00:32:19.354 --> 00:32:22.523
This is all ruined, look.

00:32:23.942 --> 00:32:26.694
The sayings are the only things left.

00:32:26.694 --> 00:32:29.864
The stories...

00:32:30.823 --> 00:32:33.451
the path, and the land.

00:32:33.451 --> 00:32:36.454
Everything is gone now.

00:32:36.454 --> 00:32:39.415
This used to be a large village.

00:33:28.506 --> 00:33:32.135
We used to run down this creek.

00:33:32.135 --> 00:33:36.097
We would run around all over.

00:33:36.347 --> 00:33:39.308
Lili, look!
That's where María Iginia lived.

00:33:39.308 --> 00:33:42.270
And Luis, wasn't that
where your mom lived?

00:33:42.270 --> 00:33:44.230
That's where she lived.

00:33:44.605 --> 00:33:48.818
We would go there to
eat the pudding we’d stolen.

00:33:48.818 --> 00:33:52.989
And the cookies that
Lole would steal from Maria Iginia.

00:33:52.989 --> 00:33:56.284
We would eat them
down by the creek.

00:33:58.119 --> 00:34:01.706
We would tell Lole we wouldn't
talk to her unless she gave us pudding.

00:34:01.706 --> 00:34:04.667
And if she didn't give us cookies too.

00:34:05.918 --> 00:34:09.672
And Lole would give us all her pudding.

00:34:09.672 --> 00:34:12.175
Now we’re arriving at the school.

00:34:12.175 --> 00:34:14.343
That's where I used to study.

00:34:14.343 --> 00:34:19.265
Who knows who I could’ve been
if I didn't have to leave.

00:34:22.935 --> 00:34:27.190
Look, Juanita's house was down there.

00:34:27.190 --> 00:34:31.069
And the school, my favorite school!

00:34:31.402 --> 00:34:34.072
I spent my entire childhood in that school.

00:34:40.828 --> 00:34:41.913
Are we almost there?

00:34:41.913 --> 00:34:43.456
Yes, we’re almost there.

00:34:46.042 --> 00:34:48.044
We're arriving to the school.

00:34:50.129 --> 00:34:51.839
The school is divided into two...

00:34:51.839 --> 00:34:53.341
Let me tell you something.

00:34:53.341 --> 00:34:54.759
This is my school.

00:34:54.759 --> 00:34:56.135
Touch right here.

00:34:56.719 --> 00:35:00.056
That way you can distinguish it.

00:35:00.056 --> 00:35:03.476
And here on the right,

00:35:04.268 --> 00:35:05.895
Let me tell you,

00:35:05.895 --> 00:35:07.855
the first school

00:35:08.523 --> 00:35:10.900
that I had...

00:35:10.900 --> 00:35:14.112
was built using
materials found in this region.

00:35:14.112 --> 00:35:17.156
With wooden pillars,

00:35:17.156 --> 00:35:19.742
and wood beams,

00:35:20.034 --> 00:35:22.120
and palm leafs.

00:35:22.286 --> 00:35:26.666
And built by the community itself.

00:35:26.916 --> 00:35:29.502
This is the first classroom.

00:35:29.502 --> 00:35:32.004
This has all been restored.

00:35:35.049 --> 00:35:37.301
This is the last one they made.

00:35:38.928 --> 00:35:41.681
Like this story
that I want to tell you.

00:35:41.681 --> 00:35:44.350
You don't know it,
even though you're my sister.

00:35:44.350 --> 00:35:46.769
Every time we had
a graduation ceremony,

00:35:46.769 --> 00:35:48.396
I used to cry.

00:35:48.396 --> 00:35:50.606
From the excitement, I bet.

00:35:50.606 --> 00:35:52.900
I cried because...

00:35:53.526 --> 00:35:56.821
they wouldn’t continue studying.

00:35:56.821 --> 00:36:00.533
I knew that it would
put their future in peril.

00:36:00.533 --> 00:36:03.536
And the parents would blame the money.

00:36:03.536 --> 00:36:05.454
"How can I do it, Miss?"

00:36:05.454 --> 00:36:08.332
And I'd tell them that it's
possible to study without money.

00:36:08.332 --> 00:36:11.919
And that used to hit me
as soon as I set foot on that stage.

00:36:11.919 --> 00:36:13.546
Right at that moment,

00:36:13.546 --> 00:36:15.590
I’d be overcome with sadness.

00:36:15.590 --> 00:36:18.801
Graduations gave me a hangover feeling.

00:36:20.511 --> 00:36:23.556
This school brings back a lot of memories.

00:36:23.764 --> 00:36:25.266
Just imagine...

00:36:25.266 --> 00:36:27.643
It's been twenty years.

00:36:35.818 --> 00:36:40.656
Today, we've come together...

00:36:40.656 --> 00:36:44.493
to celebrate the class of 1999.

00:36:44.493 --> 00:36:47.997
A group of students will graduate today.

00:36:49.624 --> 00:36:53.502
For those of you who are
finishing the fifth grade,

00:36:53.502 --> 00:36:58.549
you deserve to continue growing.

00:36:59.759 --> 00:37:02.845
It's important for our futures and well-being.

00:37:04.597 --> 00:37:06.891
That is why we are gathered here today,

00:37:06.891 --> 00:37:09.685
to give this middle school diploma,

00:37:09.685 --> 00:37:12.730
to all these students.

00:37:13.981 --> 00:37:17.193
Let’s applaud them!

00:37:21.405 --> 00:37:24.200
I hope you don't let me down.

00:37:24.200 --> 00:37:26.452
I hope they continue studying.

00:37:26.452 --> 00:37:28.788
That's my deepest desire as a teacher.

00:37:28.788 --> 00:37:32.208
And as the second mother

00:37:32.208 --> 00:37:35.878
you consider me to be.

00:37:40.675 --> 00:37:42.343
Right here...

00:37:42.343 --> 00:37:46.097
This is where the garden used to be.

00:37:46.097 --> 00:37:48.641
It went through here,

00:37:48.641 --> 00:37:50.601
all the way down there.

00:37:52.311 --> 00:37:55.564
And the house was right there.

00:37:55.564 --> 00:37:57.858
In that space there,
that's where our house was.

00:37:57.858 --> 00:37:59.902
Remember?

00:38:01.904 --> 00:38:05.116
There used to be a
mango tree there.

00:38:05.283 --> 00:38:07.535
It used to give so many mangos!

00:38:07.702 --> 00:38:11.205
And do you remember the carob
tree that used to be there?

00:38:11.205 --> 00:38:13.416
Yes, I remember that tree.

00:38:14.792 --> 00:38:17.628
I told them not to cut it down.

00:38:17.628 --> 00:38:22.341
Because that tree would have
been useful for us later on.

00:38:22.341 --> 00:38:24.802
For the entire family.

00:38:24.802 --> 00:38:27.221
For our grandchildren.

00:38:27.805 --> 00:38:31.100
But as soon as we left,
that's the first thing they did.

00:38:31.100 --> 00:38:33.978
They cut down the carob tree
without letting me know.

00:38:35.646 --> 00:38:38.107
That's where the garden was,

00:38:38.107 --> 00:38:39.358
all along there.

00:38:39.358 --> 00:38:41.402
And the house
used to be right here.

00:38:43.863 --> 00:38:46.615
Look how it's all
eaten up by wilderness.

00:38:46.615 --> 00:38:48.826
But I know where my house was.

00:38:48.826 --> 00:38:50.661
How could I not know?

00:38:50.661 --> 00:38:54.081
It may have an entire jungle around it...

00:38:57.460 --> 00:39:01.088
but I know that it
used to be right here.

00:39:01.088 --> 00:39:03.549
The columns aren't there anymore.

00:39:03.549 --> 00:39:05.259
It's been so long.

00:39:05.259 --> 00:39:07.720
They've rotted.

00:39:07.720 --> 00:39:10.431
Or they've been used as firewood.

00:39:12.516 --> 00:39:16.020
The columns that once stood there.

00:39:18.856 --> 00:39:20.649
The house used to be right here.

00:39:29.367 --> 00:39:31.702
This was the backyard.

00:39:31.702 --> 00:39:33.954
It used to run all the way there.

00:39:33.954 --> 00:39:36.832
And I had everything over there cleared.

00:39:36.832 --> 00:39:38.959
There weren’t any weeds here.

00:39:38.959 --> 00:39:43.130
You didn't see jungle here, it was all chickens.

00:39:43.714 --> 00:39:45.966
Turkeys, ducks...

00:39:48.344 --> 00:39:51.347
We had ducks and turkeys,

00:39:51.347 --> 00:39:52.890
hens...

00:39:52.890 --> 00:39:54.225
Right here.

00:39:57.144 --> 00:39:59.563
We were working on it.

00:39:59.563 --> 00:40:02.608
But, look what happened
as soon as we left.

00:40:02.608 --> 00:40:05.403
We lost our oldest son.

00:40:05.403 --> 00:40:07.405
We lost our first son.

00:40:07.405 --> 00:40:10.783
When something like that happens,
you’re never the same again.

00:40:15.204 --> 00:40:17.331
I remember...

00:40:17.331 --> 00:40:19.959
We have a lot of memories here.

00:40:19.959 --> 00:40:21.710
I just don't say anything.

00:40:21.710 --> 00:40:25.339
There are times when I don’t say anything.

00:40:25.339 --> 00:40:28.676
But I remember many things.

00:40:28.676 --> 00:40:31.178
You're silent so that you don't cry.

00:40:31.178 --> 00:40:33.806
I don't care about crying.

00:40:33.806 --> 00:40:36.892
Not crying is an illness, you know?

00:40:36.892 --> 00:40:38.978
That kind of thing,
as soon as I remember...

00:40:38.978 --> 00:40:40.396
I cry.

00:40:40.396 --> 00:40:43.149
But I just I don't go saying:
'Vicenta, I'm crying!'

00:40:43.149 --> 00:40:45.109
I don't tell you.

00:40:45.818 --> 00:40:47.778
I don't tell you.

00:40:47.778 --> 00:40:51.532
I still cry sometimes.

00:40:52.032 --> 00:40:53.784
But I don't say anything to you.

00:40:53.784 --> 00:40:54.994
What am I going to say?

00:40:54.994 --> 00:40:56.495
Hey––look at me crying?

00:40:56.495 --> 00:40:58.289
No. I don't tell you.

00:40:58.289 --> 00:40:59.707
But I cry all the time.

00:40:59.707 --> 00:41:03.127
There's times when I remember
things and my pillow gets wet.

00:41:03.461 --> 00:41:05.379
With tears...

00:41:05.629 --> 00:41:07.256
But I don't say anything to you.

00:41:07.256 --> 00:41:09.341
What am I going to say?

00:41:09.341 --> 00:41:11.343
I'm not going to call you.

00:41:11.844 --> 00:41:13.929
Whenever I think about it, I also cry.

00:41:13.929 --> 00:41:16.140
I cry when I think about
everything we left behind.

00:41:16.140 --> 00:41:17.975
And how we used to live.

00:41:17.975 --> 00:41:19.643
Some nights I dream

00:41:19.643 --> 00:41:21.979
about everything we left behind.

00:43:01.495 --> 00:43:03.831
That's enough, Martín!

00:44:26.038 --> 00:44:29.083
Don't let it cross the stream!

00:44:34.546 --> 00:44:36.840
Hey, up here!

00:44:39.885 --> 00:44:42.054
This is a video.

00:44:42.054 --> 00:44:46.308
For people to know that this is real.

00:44:46.308 --> 00:44:51.438
I am going to show it to Omar
as soon as I get back to La Pista.

00:44:51.438 --> 00:44:54.149
Let me see your face!

00:45:03.283 --> 00:45:05.452
Three of the people who were burning.

00:45:05.452 --> 00:45:06.620
Alejo.

00:45:06.620 --> 00:45:08.288
What's your name?

00:45:08.288 --> 00:45:09.998
Martín.

00:45:11.083 --> 00:45:12.418
and Nicolás.

00:45:12.418 --> 00:45:13.961
And me.

00:45:31.270 --> 00:45:33.313
Is the fire going to spread over there?

00:45:33.313 --> 00:45:34.732
No?

00:45:34.732 --> 00:45:39.570
I came over this way
because I was scared at Maria's.

00:45:45.784 --> 00:45:48.120
Cool, cool.

00:48:19.396 --> 00:48:23.692
I haven't danced in twenty years.

00:48:25.152 --> 00:48:27.112
Not even in Palenque?

00:48:27.195 --> 00:48:29.698
I don’t dance in Palenque.

00:48:30.157 --> 00:48:33.744
I was up for two days just
thinking about the journey here.

00:48:33.744 --> 00:48:36.997
I would even dream with the path.

00:48:37.456 --> 00:48:39.958
My God. Could it be true
that I’m heading to La Bonga?

00:50:07.295 --> 00:50:09.381
Long live San Basilio de Palenque!

00:50:09.673 --> 00:50:11.758
Long live San Pablo!

00:50:12.092 --> 00:50:14.177
Long live all saints, goddamit!

00:50:14.511 --> 00:50:16.596
Long live La Bonga!

00:50:27.858 --> 00:50:30.819
Shit, that startled me!

00:50:40.787 --> 00:50:43.790
Long live everyone who's here!

00:50:48.003 --> 00:50:51.214
Goddamn, tonight I’m
getting drunk no matter what.

00:50:51.214 --> 00:50:53.842
Even if it has to be with piss!

00:50:54.968 --> 00:50:57.804
Tonight we are
staying up 'til dawn!

00:50:57.804 --> 00:51:01.183
It’s been so long since we
partied until the sun came out!

00:51:01.183 --> 00:51:03.810
Whoever falls asleep
is getting a haircut!

00:51:03.810 --> 00:51:07.522
Whoever falls asleep tonight is getting buzzed.

00:51:08.148 --> 00:51:10.567
And the men who fall asleep

00:51:10.567 --> 00:51:13.236
will get their dicks cut off!

00:51:36.051 --> 00:51:38.970
Long live La Bonga!

00:51:45.769 --> 00:51:48.688
We’ll return to our Bonga again!

00:54:38.358 --> 00:54:41.319
The fandango is playing here,

00:54:41.319 --> 00:54:44.614
in the school yard of La Bonga!

00:54:44.614 --> 00:54:47.200
Played by the music band.

00:54:59.546 --> 00:55:01.840
Look at everyone enjoying the fandango.

00:55:01.840 --> 00:55:04.759
Look at all the ash they've stirred up.

00:55:04.759 --> 00:55:06.928
And it's only 9pm!

00:55:13.560 --> 00:55:15.729
Look at Goya dancing.

00:55:23.403 --> 00:55:26.031
Move over!

00:55:27.782 --> 00:55:29.617
Move over that way.

00:55:29.617 --> 00:55:31.536
Let's make some room.

00:55:31.911 --> 00:55:33.872
Move over that way.

00:55:33.872 --> 00:55:36.041
Let's make some room for the band.

00:55:41.504 --> 00:55:46.384
The municipal band of Mahates
is now here in La Bonga!

00:55:55.352 --> 00:55:58.938
Look at that - yeah!

00:56:23.546 --> 00:56:25.799
Oh my God.

00:56:25.799 --> 00:56:28.676
I don't even know where I am.

00:56:45.235 --> 00:56:48.613
What path did I take?

00:56:48.947 --> 00:56:50.990
I don't even know where I am.

00:56:50.990 --> 00:56:52.784
What happened?

00:57:12.178 --> 00:57:14.222
I'm heading to the school,

00:57:14.222 --> 00:57:17.684
because Miss Graciela
is about to start her class.

00:57:27.902 --> 00:57:31.614
This is the blackboard
where Miss Graciela gives class.

00:57:31.614 --> 00:57:34.826
This is where she teaches me.

00:57:36.119 --> 00:57:39.372
I am Miss Graciela's student.

00:57:42.292 --> 00:57:47.505
That's the vase
us students drink from.

00:57:47.505 --> 00:57:50.175
That's where we
drank water here in the school.

00:57:52.510 --> 00:57:55.513
These were the other classrooms,

00:57:55.513 --> 00:57:58.057
where we would take classes.

00:57:58.057 --> 00:58:02.979
This has to come back again someday.

00:58:02.979 --> 00:58:08.067
So that they can teach
our kids and our grandkids.

00:58:08.067 --> 00:58:11.154
Especially our grandchildren.

00:58:18.244 --> 00:58:19.996
We’ll throw another party here.

00:58:19.996 --> 00:58:22.081
A very elegant one.

00:58:22.081 --> 00:58:24.125
Because the crickets are dancing,

00:58:24.125 --> 00:58:26.169
and they'll want to dance again.

00:58:26.169 --> 00:58:28.171
The birds get scared.

00:58:28.171 --> 00:58:31.007
But we will be happy here.

00:58:52.820 --> 00:58:54.948
For our memories!

01:00:29.667 --> 01:00:32.003
The spot where my sister

01:00:32.503 --> 01:00:35.923
found Santa Rosa de Lima

01:00:36.466 --> 01:00:39.177
is right here on this slope.

01:00:39.177 --> 01:00:45.516
This is where my
sister found Santa Rosa de Lima.

01:00:46.893 --> 01:00:50.938
Right after she saw her, she went running...

01:00:50.938 --> 01:00:55.193
and she told Feliciana Cásseres what she'd seen.

01:00:55.652 --> 01:00:57.320
She called her.

01:00:57.945 --> 01:00:59.530
“Feliciana, Feliciana!”

01:01:00.698 --> 01:01:03.409
Come and see,
I saw the saint!

01:01:04.243 --> 01:01:06.621
The saint is here.

01:01:06.621 --> 01:01:09.040
And as soon as Feliciana got here...

01:01:09.040 --> 01:01:12.669
The saint had already disappeared.

01:01:12.669 --> 01:01:15.505
She’d left

01:01:24.806 --> 01:01:29.435
Back then, I had
a little analog camera.

01:01:29.435 --> 01:01:33.356
I used to take a lot of photos.

01:01:34.065 --> 01:01:38.027
I felt like the photographer of my community.

01:01:39.612 --> 01:01:46.619
When I’d take them to
Cartagena to get them processed,

01:01:46.619 --> 01:01:50.123
it was something
beautiful for the Bonguero.

01:01:50.123 --> 01:01:51.833
To see the roads,

01:01:51.833 --> 01:01:54.836
the landscapes.

01:01:56.838 --> 01:02:02.051
I have so many memories from our community.

01:02:08.516 --> 01:02:12.145
It looks like that's the saint over there.

01:02:12.812 --> 01:02:16.399
I think that's Santa Rosa over there. Look!

01:02:18.067 --> 01:02:20.862
I was chasing after you, Santa Rosa.

01:02:20.862 --> 01:02:24.532
Because I know you are our Patron Saint.

01:02:24.532 --> 01:02:30.955
I know you are the guide
of us Bongueros, Santa Rosa!

01:02:31.956 --> 01:02:34.834
This is our Saint!

01:02:34.834 --> 01:02:37.795
Let's go, Santa Rosa. Let's go!

01:02:37.795 --> 01:02:41.758
I’m going to throw
a massive party for you.

01:02:41.758 --> 01:02:44.010
For us to enjoy.

01:02:44.010 --> 01:02:48.139
So that we can all enjoy
and that you feel good with us!

01:02:48.139 --> 01:02:52.351
So that you are happy with us, Santa Rosa!

01:03:14.624 --> 01:03:16.375
Look at them go!

01:03:17.043 --> 01:03:19.837
Look at the little fish swimming by.

01:03:24.759 --> 01:03:27.261
Look at them go!

01:03:56.207 --> 01:03:59.335
Shit, a motorcycle is pulling up.

01:03:59.335 --> 01:04:01.796
Who are they?

01:04:01.879 --> 01:04:04.382
I'm gonna go check.

01:04:06.759 --> 01:04:10.263
Did you see who they are?

01:04:10.263 --> 01:04:13.266
No, there’s two of them.

01:04:13.266 --> 01:04:15.309
Let's go see who they are.

01:04:15.309 --> 01:04:17.520
Go see what they want.

01:04:17.520 --> 01:04:19.564
What did they give you?

01:04:19.564 --> 01:04:21.941
They gave me this letter.

01:04:21.941 --> 01:04:25.194
The motorcycle is leaving!

01:04:25.194 --> 01:04:28.114
They were wearing hoods.

01:04:28.114 --> 01:04:30.825
But, what does it say?

01:04:33.619 --> 01:04:36.330
So, I start reading it.

01:04:37.290 --> 01:04:40.001
The letter said:

01:04:41.544 --> 01:04:43.713
Get out.

01:04:44.046 --> 01:04:46.007
Snitches.

01:04:46.382 --> 01:04:48.593
Guerrilleros.

01:04:48.593 --> 01:04:51.470
You've been helping the guerrillas.

01:04:53.639 --> 01:04:55.391
Shit!

01:04:58.561 --> 01:05:00.646
Mom, don't cry!

01:05:00.646 --> 01:05:02.857
We have to grab our stuff and leave!

01:05:02.857 --> 01:05:05.234
Don't cry, it's ok.

01:05:05.234 --> 01:05:07.445
If you start crying, I'll cry too.

01:05:07.445 --> 01:05:09.196
And then you’ll feel even worse.

01:05:10.823 --> 01:05:12.533
If they told us to leave,

01:05:12.533 --> 01:05:14.744
we have to leave.

01:05:14.744 --> 01:05:17.997
We’re not going
to sit around and die here.

01:05:20.207 --> 01:05:25.796
As soon as the night arrived,
everyone went to bed.

01:05:26.631 --> 01:05:30.676
Everyone was perfectly quiet and still.

01:05:31.552 --> 01:05:33.638
Some people went to Palenque...

01:05:33.638 --> 01:05:36.223
others went to Cartagena...

01:05:36.223 --> 01:05:39.352
we headed towards San Pablo.

01:05:41.312 --> 01:05:44.732
It was so hard for everyone.

01:05:49.654 --> 01:05:52.865
TO ALL THE INHABITANTS OF THIS VILLAGE,

01:05:52.865 --> 01:05:56.410
YOU HAVE FORTY-EIGHT HOURS TO LEAVE.

01:05:56.410 --> 01:05:59.997
IF YOU DO NOT, WE WILL MAKE YOU.

01:05:59.997 --> 01:06:02.750
OUR ORGANIZATION DOES NOT LIE.

01:06:02.750 --> 01:06:06.045
GET OUT, YOU GUERRILLERO SNITCHES.

01:06:06.045 --> 01:06:09.548
DEATH TO GUERRILLEROS,
AND ALL WHO SUPPORT THEM.

01:08:16.884 --> 01:08:19.303
Ma, who owns this kiosk?

01:08:19.303 --> 01:08:21.972
They built it for the party.

01:08:21.972 --> 01:08:24.475
That was just a year ago,

01:08:24.475 --> 01:08:27.478
but it seems like
it was at least two years ago

01:08:27.478 --> 01:08:30.272
because it’s all abandoned again.

01:08:30.272 --> 01:08:33.192
The sound system was right here.

01:08:33.192 --> 01:08:36.821
And here was the band.

01:08:36.821 --> 01:08:40.324
And they sold beers right here.

01:08:40.324 --> 01:08:44.078
Everything looked great, so elegant.

01:08:44.078 --> 01:08:47.248
But, look how quickly things change.

01:08:47.248 --> 01:08:51.043
It all grew back so quickly.

01:08:53.295 --> 01:08:59.051
I wish you came to the party
so you could've seen it yourself.

01:08:59.301 --> 01:09:01.762
It was full of people.

01:09:01.762 --> 01:09:05.933
It was such a pleasure to see them here.

01:09:17.486 --> 01:09:19.905
Why don't they fix this, grandma?

01:09:19.905 --> 01:09:21.365
Can't you see that they are?

01:09:21.365 --> 01:09:22.616
It's all overgrown.

01:09:22.616 --> 01:09:24.827
You'll see the path later.

01:09:26.620 --> 01:09:28.831
I thought it came all the way here.

01:09:28.831 --> 01:09:32.293
Shit, the path is gone!

01:09:32.543 --> 01:09:35.171
I thought they’d cleared it all the way here.

01:09:35.171 --> 01:09:37.590
That's what they told me.

01:09:37.590 --> 01:09:40.092
I thought it came all the way here.

01:09:51.187 --> 01:09:52.605
Shit!

01:09:56.692 --> 01:10:01.864
Anyone could hide here
and you’d never know.