20 years ago, the palenquero town of La Bonga received a threat signed by paramilitaries. That same night, 120 families left never to return. Today, La Bonga has been devoured by the jungle, and an entire generation only knows its town through stories.

María has been the only person who has returned to live there. Many believe that she is crazy and that she is putting her life at risk. After two decades, María leads more than 300 people during the first collective return to La Bonga, to carry out a huge celebration. 

La Bonga is a symbolic journey through the jungles of the Colombian Caribbean to resurrect a place that only exists in memory, a farewell ritual to a people that was and will not return. In an act of resistance, this festival releases what was lost, letting it go, while celebrating its memory and its community.