Colombia – Where the Truth Lies Buried

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.3 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2015

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

In Medellin there's a huge dump. Locals say it's where the truth is buried - they're talking about victims killed in the armed conflict. Now there are moves to excavate it.

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0:13.0	I'm Linda Pressley and in this week's assignment, I'm in Medellin in Colombia.
0:17.0	A city transformed yet still struggling with its past.
0:25.0	Looking out across Camila Thresy and down to the city's high-rise buildings
0:29.0	is one of Medellin's iconic library parks.
0:32.0	This one, the first to be built, Parque Biblioteca, San Javier.
0:36.0	A vast multi-level concrete building, all air and light,
0:40.0	has space to be proud of for this poor community.
0:48.0	Outside on the steps of the library park on a Saturday morning,
0:51.0	around 200 young people are engaged in a noisy, getting to know you exercise.
0:57.0	The residents of Camila Thresy, commune 13, have invited their counterparts
1:01.0	from a different district of Medellin to come and tour their area.
1:05.0	They don't meet us and we don't meet them, exactly.
1:09.0	My name's Linda. What's your name?
1:11.0	My name is Cesar and we are all young.
1:13.0	I am an artist. I like to sing too.
1:16.0	I'm so happy to be here.
1:19.0	Cesar and his new friends head off with enthusiasm to see more of Camila Thresy.
1:23.0	One of Medellin's most deprived and violent neighborhoods.
1:26.0	Meanwhile, inside the library park,
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