Until the Sun Dies

a film by Jonas Brander

Until the Sun Dies unfolds its stories over the simultaneity of the contrary: life that is born from death and death as a result of the devotion to peace and justice. 

The insight view into the struggles of two social leaders in Colombia’s “post-conflict” era invites us to delve deeply into the stories of those who have defied violence and demonstrate that the human spirit can prevail and leave a legacy of hope in the midst of the deepest darkness. 

It is a story about collective trauma and global injustice, a story of those willing to give their lives to build a different world. The stories of Nobel Peace Prize nominee Luz Marina, a mother who is fighting for justice in the extrajudicial killing of her son, and the story of the indigenous leader Albeiro. The ancestral Indigenous saying "until the sun dies" mirrors Luz Marina’s and Albeiro’s uncompromising fight for a world where life wins over death, equality over inequality, and the voice of the people over the imposed silence of violence. But their stories also mirror a condition of humanity, where the beauty of life and resistance is seamlessly falling into death and destruction.

The film is a tribute to the thousands and thousands of lives lost in a war that was never their war. A reminder that, even in the darkest moments, there are those who rise up to write a new chapter in history. A restless meditation on territory and identity, sorrow and community. 

The first feature-length documentary from human rights activist Jonas Brander with Colombian producer Catalina Flórez shows in this completely independent production, that the voices of those barely heard in mainstream media are those, who will pave the way into another future.

Until the Sun Dies

a film by Jonas Brander

Until the Sun Dies unfolds its stories over the simultaneity of the contrary: life that is born from death and death as a result of the devotion to peace and justice. 

The insight view into the struggles of two social leaders in Colombia’s “post-conflict” era invites us to delve deeply into the stories of those who have defied violence and demonstrate that the human spirit can prevail and leave a legacy of hope in the midst of the deepest darkness. 

It is a story about collective trauma and global injustice, a story of those willing to give their lives to build a different world. The stories of Nobel Peace Prize nominee Luz Marina, a mother who is fighting for justice in the extrajudicial killing of her son, and the story of the indigenous leader Albeiro. The ancestral Indigenous saying "until the sun dies" mirrors Luz Marina’s and Albeiro’s uncompromising fight for a world where life wins over death, equality over inequality, and the voice of the people over the imposed silence of violence. But their stories also mirror a condition of humanity, where the beauty of life and resistance is seamlessly falling into death and destruction.

The film is a tribute to the thousands and thousands of lives lost in a war that was never their war. A reminder that, even in the darkest moments, there are those who rise up to write a new chapter in history. A restless meditation on territory and identity, sorrow and community. 

The first feature-length documentary from human rights activist Jonas Brander with Colombian producer Catalina Flórez shows in this completely independent production, that the voices of those barely heard in mainstream media are those, who will pave the way into another future.

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