Carlitos Medellin

A harrowing account of life on some of the world s most dangerous streets, this hard-hitting documentary follows thirteen-year-old Carlito as he shows his decimated neighborhood to filmmaker Jean-Stephane Sauvaire. Carlito lives in Medellin, Colombia s second-largest city, where armed boys hold out against the paramilitary, gangs of criminals, and violent guerrillas.
While American kids his age enjoy their cell phones and computer games, Carlito carries a statue of the Virgin around his old neighborhood, listening to the shell-shocked residents confess their sad stories, pray to the Holy Mother, and reveal their last hopes and dreams.
Literally shot under the gun because of the neighborhood s daily street violence, Sauvaire offers a haunting expose, exquisitely photographed and expertly crafted.