MATARIFE
2020
Original language: Spanish
- documentary
The story
Matarife, an unmentionable genocide | The series has generated great controversy in Colombia because it exposes former president Alvaro Uribe Vélez in its plot like never before.
What it’s like
Sober, investigative, and heavy with political weight, this documentary series suits viewers who want to sit with hard history rather than be entertained by it. Its look and sound are not something the metadata can vouch for, so the texture stays general: the register is that of a serious nonfiction inquiry, unhurried and focused on testimony and evidence rather than spectacle. Expect a tense, indignant, unsettling mood that builds across episodes as it traces mass violence and the question of who bears responsibility, with the tone pressing toward accountability. The subject is atrocity, handled as a matter of record, so the violence and cruelty it addresses are central and not incidental; this is not a gentle watch, and it asks for emotional stamina. It is aimed at people who follow Colombian politics and history, who want documentary work that names power directly, and who are prepared for a series that is openly contentious and built to provoke debate about a national reckoning.
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