by Adrian
Democracy Chronicles presents the latest film to catch our eye. See the teaser video below. Democrazy is a new documentary about Colombia and unlikely Presidential candidate Antanas Mockus. The project is looking to reveal a changing country from inside a revolutionary campaign following on the filmmaker’s previous work. The film has a website at democrazyfilm.com and is raising money on a Kickstarter page here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1287992000/democrazy

Going Democrazy in Colombia? Here is a summary of the film so far:

Antanas Mockus is an unlikely politician in Colombia, one of the most violent countries in the world. Originally a philosopher, his highly different ideas inspire a lot of young people in Colombia, among others the young political activist, Katherin Miranda. For two decades, he has challenged his own country to radically reject corruption and violence. Today, a young generation has taken his message to heart, and a promising peace process is under way. How did this happen?

Shortly after “BOGOTÁ CHANGE” about Antanas Mockus’ work as Mayor of Bogota came out, Mockus was running for president in the 2010 elections. He ran on a wave of hope, a ‘Colombian spring’. But his candidature was squashed by lies, fraud, and corruption. 22-year-old Katherin Miranda was the youth leader in the campaign. Disappointed by the big blow, she directed her energy towards the systemic corruption in Colombia, towards the forces that made it possible to steal an election. Katherin is the narrator of the film, growing from a young idealist to an experienced, yet still highly idealistic, politician.

Democrazy is looking to bring this story to the wider public from support on Kickstarter. The team behind the movie was also behind the Oscar-nominated The Act of Killing. The team knows how to nudge a nation examine itself through art, and their movie Democrazy aims to do just that.