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Benkos: The Hero and The King

This short film is based on the real life of the African character and leader Benkos Bioho who rebelled against slavery and founded the Palenque, the first free people of America. This audiovisual highlights the life, and the struggle for civil rights and freedom of Afro-Colombian people in Colombia.

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This short film is based on the real life of the African character and leader Benkos Bioho who rebelled against slavery and founded the Palenque, the first free people of America. This audiovisual highlights the life, and the struggle for civil rights and freedom of Afro-Colombian people in Colombia.

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