The other fame of Montes de María An audiovisual festival of own production in the colombian caribbean as a strategic communication stage with territorial impact

Abstract

In the Colombian Caribbean is the Montes de María subregion, made up of 15 municipalities and located between the departments of Sucre and Bolívar. This territory is an ecological and agricultu-ral sanctuary, its geostrategic location has made it one of the pla-ces most affected by the internal armed conflict in Colombia. The fame of Montes de María was widely illustrated in the national and local press for its massacres, displacements, desolate fields and the immense pain of its inhabitants. This text aims to make visible the other range of this region: the Montes de María Audiovisual Festival, which has as its fundamental purpose to re-construct the memory of the Montemarian peasant culture whose bases are founded on its associative vocation, its family agricultural tradition, its strong roots in the land, its oral wealth, the crea-tivity of its peasant art and its communication skills. This text arises from the senti-thought of the author immersed in the process of accompanying, for 20 years, the Montes de María Línea 21 Communications Collective, generator of this festival, which has enabled the inhabitants of this region to have access to a strategic setting from communications, so that their public voice and word are taken through moving images that demonstrate their tireless commitment to achieve peace, the consolidation of their cultural identity, respect for Human Rights and the reconciliation of the inhabitants of this territory.