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The Kidnapping of Ingrid Betancourt

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Producer(s)	WETA, Washington, DC John Dunford Philip King
Director(s)	Karin Hayes, Victoria Bruce
Release Date	2003
Runtime	60 min
Format(s)	video
Language(s)	English
Youth Media	no

Film Description

In February 2002, in the midst of her controversial campaign for president, Senator Ingrid Betancourt was kidnapped by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia (FARC) and became one of the thousands of victims of Columbia's 40-year-old civil war. Her impassioned calls for an end to political corruption and Colombia's vicious civil war had made her a popular public figure, but a dangerous instigator to many within her country's political machine. Following the candidate up to the moments before her disappearance, this remarkable film continues to tell the riveting story of her family's desperate and continuing quest to free her and keep her campaign alive.