On March 6, 1906, four men were sentenced to death for the attempted assassination of former Colombian President Rafael Reyes. The event was photographed, and the images were later used to create a fictional film about the failed coup d'état. Since then, Colombian cinema has revolved around the country's daily violence. A documentary that began as an essay on Colombian visual culture soon became an exercise in self-examination by the director, questioning how home movies and the media shaped his view of his own country.