In the Company of Fear

This movie is both uplifting and depressing at the same time. If you have an interest in considering how people may try and share the social space of this earth in peace - and I recognise that not all people have an interest in such questions - then you will likely find this documentary quite intriguing. Essentially it is the story of how trans-national activists (I think that's a better frame than 'foreigners', as some might have it) have tried to co-ordinate with Colombians to allow some communities to escape what otherwise appeared endemic cycles of violence in the country. What shines out above all is the stoic courage of the Colombian activists. Watching this film you will very likely resolve 'I must seek out more films by Velcrow Ripper.' I certainly did.