Les cahiers de Medellin The Medellin Notebooks Catalina Villar [videorecording]=

From case cover:
Medellin, la trop célèbre «ville du cartel». Une violence inouïe: la misère des paysans chassés de leur terre rongée par la guérilla, le surpeuplement, le chômage... Premières victimes de cette violence, les enfants et les adolescents. Dans une école, animée par un surprenant professeur, des adolescents tentent, en rédigeant dans leurs «cahiers» les histoires de leurs vies violentées, de se construire quelques repères.

Camilo, Juan Carlos, Millerlad, Dora, Maria Eugenia lui ont offert le plus vrai d'eux-mêmes et des images à couper le souffle (...) Le spectateur est contraint de payer le prix. Il a beau se débattre, Les cahiers de Medellin l'obligent à se mettre dans la peau d'un enfant qui peut mourir avant 20 ans. - Télérama

Translated Case Cover (Google Translate):
Medellin, the famous "city of the cartel". Unprecedented violence: the misery of the peasants driven from their land eaten away by guerrilla warfare, overcrowding, unemployment ... First victims of this violence, children and adolescents. In a school, animated by a surprising teacher, teenagers attempt, by writing in their "notebooks" the stories of their abused lives, to build some benchmarks.

Camilo, Juan Carlos, Millerlad, Dora and Maria Eugenia offered him the most true of themselves and breathtaking images (...) The spectator is forced to pay the price. Although he struggles, Medellin's notebooks force him to put himself in the shoes of a child who may die before the age of 20. - Télérama

From Amazon.com:
Medellin, too well know as the cartel's city. An unbelievable level of violence. The suffering of the peasants chased off their lands, eaten away by war, overpopulation, unemployment. The first victims of this violence are the young children and the adolescents. Surviving is managed by trying to cling on to anything offering some semblance of peace: women (from families often reduced to their vestiges), school (bereft of means), the church (omnipresent). In a school run by quite a surprising teacher, adolescents attempt, try to write in their 'Notebooks' the stories of their violent lives, to establish something they can depend on for orientation. Millerdad and Sandra, Maria-Eugenia and Doralba, Juan-Carlos and Camilo tell about their mother's kindness, the absence of fathers, the battle to survive, and above all, childhood and the will to live.

DVD video; Dolby Digital 2.0; stereo; PAL; Regions 1-8; 4:3 fullscreen.

Spanish audio. Optional French or English subtitles.