In a bout of grief, filmmaker Nemo Allen Maldonado follows his recently deceased mother’s footsteps to war-torn Cauca, Colombia, to document the struggle of the Indigenous Nasa. Confronted with a much more complex and dangerous environment than he had imagined, Nemo wonders why his mother repeatedly risked her life filming there in the early 90’s. Amidst the specter of death and violence, Nemo finds strength and hope in the Nasa’s Indigenous Guard, who protect their community with nothing more than decorated batons, and spirit.