NO MANS LAND DOCUMENTARY

Only six miles outside of touristic Cartagena, Colombia, there is a small, colorful town that women from all over the country — those displaced, abused, violated — can call their own. It’s a bold response to years of oppression and violence, tradition and unruly machismo. Two blocks long and nearly 100 homes, La Ciudad de las Mujeres, or The City of Women, is more than just a haven, it’s a feat. The women themselves dug the earth, mixed the cement, raised the walls, laid down the streets and planted the gardens of their new home. In the years since they’ve rejected machismo, these women have taken back what was stolen from them in the war: their dignity.

DIRECTORS: ANNA ANDERSEN & GABRIELLA CANAL