Cities on Speed – Bogota Change
Andreas Dalsgaard
Documentary/52min/2009/Colombia/ English
In the ten-year period between 1995 and 2005, Colombia’s capital city, Bogotá, experienced a virtual miracle. Once a city characterized by terror, crime and one of the highest murder rates in the world, Bogotá became a role model for urban planners around the world.
Behind this transformation were two visionary and forward-thinking mayors, Antanas Mockus and Enrique Peñalosa, who, applying drastically different methods, tackled the inhabitants’ behaviour and the city’s infrastructure. Using abundant archive material, supplemented by present day footage and interviews, the Bogotá documentary tells the story of the city’s fantastic metamorphosis.
To be screened with Vikas Chalu Chhe.
Sheharnama 