[2] During trips back to Cali, he began making films with his childhood friend Carlos Mayolo.

documented the lives of poor, predominantly Afro-Colombian residents during the 1971 Pan American Games.

It was inspired by the Monster of the Mangones, an unidentified serial killer who operated in Ospina's hometown of Cali while he was growing up.

[1] Ospina directed the 1999 neo-noir Breath of Life, co-written with his brother Sebastián [es].

It stars Fernando Solórzano [es] as a detective investigating the murder of a woman played by Flora Martínez.