About the film:

In Buenaventura, the main port city of Colombia's Pacific coast, a young Afro-descendant leader uses rap as a tool to confront violence and build peace. With fellow musicians and poets, he supersedes the social complexities of his hometown in the name of a more unified community. Together, they’re rapping their way towards a better future for all.

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Film Credits

Director: Ángela Carabalí

Producer: Ángela Carabalí

Field Producer: Yonatan Díaz

Cinematographer: Liberman Arango

Sound Recording: Eloísa Arcila Fernández

Editor: Ángela Carabalí

Series Producer: Melina Tupa

Coordinating Series Producer: Andrea Arauz

Executive Producers: Sky Dylan-Robbins, Gabriel Diamond, Phil Collis

Consulting Editors: Will N. Miller, Melina Tupa

Finishing Editor: Ezequiel Stanziano

Motion Graphics Designer: Stellar Hawk

Colorist: Simón Vélez

Sound Mixer: Eloísa Arcila Fernández

Music:

“El Marimbazo” by SNEFF / Lyrics & Music: SNEFF (Yeiner Andrés Gonzales)

“Recuperando mi esquina” by Rostros Urbanos / Lyrics & Music: Nereida Montaño, Stand and Leonard Rentería

Translation/Transcription: Andrea Arauz, Melina Tupa

Featuring: Leonard Rentería, Elegguá Communications Collective

Story Consultants: Maria C. Moreno, Fernando Travesi, María Margarita Rivera

Special Thanks: Elegguá Communications Collective, Program of the Externado for Peace and Childhood, Embassy of the Netherlands in Colombia, UN Mission in Colombia: Daniel Luz, Josep Franco, Yeffersson Muñoz, and Daniela Mora. Juliana Carabalí, Rubiela Giraldo

Legal Services: Matthew T. Rogers, Esq.

This film is a product of the Solutions Storytelling Project, a Skoll Foundation-supported initiative from the Video Consortium that connects regional filmmakers and social innovators in the Global South to produce solutions-focused short documentaries that catalyze positive change.

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