Plains: Testimony of an Ethnocide

1971 | 40 minutes | 5.0 ★ (2)

Plains: Testimony of an Ethnocide
  • Overview

    A documentary on the massacre of Planas in the Colombian east plains in 1970. An Indigenous community formed a cooperative to defend their rights from settlers and colonists, but the government organized a military operation to protect the latter and foreign companies.

  • Release Date

    01 June 1971

  • DirectingJorge Silva
  • Budget

    $0.00

  • Revenue

    $0.00

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