FILM SCREENING documentary on Colombian civil war

international | rights, freedoms and repression | event notice Friday April 08, 2011 20:26 by Grupo Raices - the Irish Colombia Solidarity Group

Finian McGrath TD and Cllr. Cian O'Callaghan to speak at screening of film on the Colombian conflict.

Grupo Raíces will be hosting a film screening in Dublin city centre on Thursday April 21st. We will be showing the documentary Toribio: the war in Cauca by Hollman Morris. Hollman is one of the bravest Colombian journalists, whose television documentaries have exposed the reality of the Colombian civil war. He has recently been forced to leave Colombia because of threats from paramilitaries and politicians - including the former president Alvaro Uribe. visited Ireland in 2009, and we hope to bring him here again as a guest soon.

Toribio ... shows how the Colombian conflict affects indigenous communities in the Cauca region. Guest speakers at the screening will include Finian McGrath TD and Cllr. Cian O’Callaghan (Labour).

The film screening will take place in the Exchange Dublin centre on Exchange Street Upper in Templebar at 7.30 pm. We hope you can join us on the night.