“We Women Warriors” Cocaine and The Crossfire of Conflict in Columbia with Director Nicole Karsin

Episode 53 : BYOD: Bring Your Own Doc

Episode Synopsis

The incredible story of Columbian indigenous women trapped in the drug war crossfire is shown in “We Women Warriors,” and director Nicole Karsin brings it to BYOD. We discuss her harrowing portrait of the human toll of the drug war in Columbia just in time for Docuweeks.

Guest Bio

Nicole Karsin covered Colombia’s armed conflict as an independent journalist for a U.S. audience from 2002-2009. She was recently a fellow at the Latino Media Market, the Latino Producers Academy & Film Independent’s 7-week Inaugural Documentary Lab. She formed Todos Los Pueblos Productions LLC (All the Peoples’ Productions) to move audiences to action through artful, character-driven films about global struggles for human rights and dignity in 2007. Karsin holds a Bachelor of the Arts from Sarah Lawrence College and a Masters of Science from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She is currently completing directing and producing We Women Warriors, which is her opera prima.

Episode Breakdown

00:01 BYOD Docuweeks intro
00:09 Welcoming Nicole Karsin and setting the stage in Columbia.
01:19 “How did you come to be there?’”
02:16 Different approaches to the problem from women in the crosshairs.
04:43 “We Women Warriors,” Clip.
06:16 The story of the main character, Ludis.
09:20 “We Women Warriors,” Clip.
11:35 How Ludis got released from jail, and filming in the courts.
13:10 The decision to cover three women from different tribes.
14:34 Threats against the featured women.
15:50 The lessons learned as a woman by the process of filming.
17:52 Taking a marginalized issue and bringing it to light.
19:52 The ongoing struggle in Columbia.
20:47 Keeping track of the film, and the women’s response to the doc.

Additional Links

http://wewomenwarriors.com/
https://www.facebook.com/WeWomenWarriorsTejiendoSabiduria

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