Tanja: Up in Arms

Tanja: Up in Arms

2023 · 84 min · Documentary

In the early 2000s, Dutch graduate Tanja Nijmeijer managed to rise to the top of the Colombian guerrilla group FARC, before Interpol issued an arrest warrant for her. Later she campaigned for peace. Who really is this woman?

Directed by Marcel Mettelsiefen · Written by Marcel Mettelsiefen

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