Before dying, the victim asked Holman, his offender, to please deliver his remains to his children. ‘Those ghosts follow you,’ says Holman, a guerrilla fighter with tears, remembering that the victim’s daughter forgave him, but the son did not. This is a fragment of one of the real stories told by the protagonists of the war in Colombia: victims and perpetrators of all sides, before a citizen that we invited to put in the shoes of the war. Hope’s Path is a series of 6 episodes, part of a call in which Colombians have the opportunity to send a video to participate in the programme, by giving their vision what for them is peace and whether or not they believe in reconciliation. The participants embark on a threeday trip around regions of Colombia that were marked by the armed conflict. They will meet with different voices, who talk of their past experiences of violence, of resilience and reconciliation. The stories tell us that, there are post-conflict processes that have transformed lives, restored families and achieved what was believed impossible: forgiveness to start over. At the end of this tour the participants talk about their impressions and the transformation that generated or not ‘Hope’s Path’ in them.
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