Resources: My Kidnapper
In 2003 Mark Henderson was one of eight backpackers taken hostage whilst trekking in the Colombian jungle. What had started as an innocent tourist adventure, ended up as 101 terrifying days of captivity and uncertainty about his future. Eleven months after his release Mark received an email from Antonio, one of his kidnappers, and one of the other hostages received a facebook friend request from Antonio's girlfriend, another of their captors. That email was the start of a five-year correspondence between hostage and kidnapper that eventually drew Mark back to the one part of the world he thought he'd never see again and face to face with the man who had once held the key to his freedom.
Lesson plans
Video Clips
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Clip: 1. Mark and his Family
Mark's closest give their view on his decision -
Clip: 2. Contact with the Kidnapper
Mark engages in remote communication with his kidnapper -
Clip: 3. The Captives Return
Mark and the 3 others return to the place where they were held captive -
Clip: 4. Differing Viewpoints
Views differing from the same situation
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Clip: 5. Writing Diaries
The captives re-live their experience through their diaries -
Clip: 6. The Locals
We hear locals' views on the kidnappers -
Clip: 7. Motivations of the Kidnappers
Do the reasons for the kidnapping change our opinions? -
Clip: 8. Confronting the Kidnappers
The grand finale
