La Sierra (2005)

La Sierra is a barrio in Medellin Colombia the cocaine capital of the world Here lives are defined by drugs guns and violence A state of perpetual urban warfare exists with paramilitary gangs leftist guerrillas and the USsponsored Colombian military battling continually for power and control This awardwinning film portrays three of La Sierras inhabitants 22yearold paramilitary leader Edison a selfprofessed killer and father of six children by six women gang soldier Jesus ready for death at any moment and Cielo only 17 and already a mother with a boyfriend in prison Entering a world where few journalists dare to venture La Sierra reveals not only startling moments of violence and its aftermath but also those of tenderness and faith which give the community hope for survival