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‘The Man Who Tried To Save Colombia’: Politicians, Buyers & Family Attend Screening Of Doc Telling Reconciliation Story Between Pablo Escobar’s Son & Jorge Lara


A Pablo Escobar son doc titled 'The Man Who Tried To Save Colombia's screening has been attended by director Mags Gavan, politicians and buyers.

Members of Lara’s family, prominent politicians, buyers across Lat Am and delegates from Embassies of The Netherlands, UK, Norway and Switzerland in Colombia are attending today. Upon learning of his father’s death, Jorge Lara was initially out for revenge but a twist of fate reconciled him with Marroquín, the child of one of the most notorious criminals of all time, as he realized they had more in common than he first thought. Escobar has long been a source of fascination in South America and beyond and Gavan, who won a BAFTA for Saving Africa’s Witch Children,has previously said she dedicated over a decade of time to get access for the feature.

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