Opening Night | City Cultures
wednesday june 6 | 20.00 hrs | Dutch premiere

Without Wind They Won’t Rise
On a street corner some gang members chill out a few minutes after robbing a bus with a homemade gun; Riding around on his motorcycle, a young hitman describes his job and his progression from robbing bikes to taking lives. Meanwhile, a bunch of kids use recycled materials to build paper kites. This documentary observes how the culture of gang violence and crime spreads from teenagers to children in their daily struggle to survive on the streets of Aguablanca, the largest, most dangerous ghetto in Cali, Colombia. It shows the symbolic world that motivates the action of these gangs. “Some kites, if the conditions are right, will reach the sky, others will get tangled in the electric cables and perish”.

Mauricio González Venegas (Colombia) | Colombia | 2006 | 23 min | English subtitles

camera: Mauricio González Venegas
sound: Mauricio González Venegas
editor: Enrique Eder and Mauricio González Venegas
producer: Mauricio González Venegas
awards: Docupolis 2006 Best Short Documentary, International Film | Festival Actua 2006 Best Short Documentary

contact: Mauricio González Venegas
t: +34 658919822
e: magove77@hotmail.com

Mauricio González Venegas studied Anthopology in Colombia and got his Master Degree in Journalism at BCNY. After that he lived in Spain to do a Postgraduate Course in Video and TV Production in Barcelona. This film is the third documentary he made.