BRAZ (Brigada Rafael Arce Zablah) Sistema Radio Venceremos Producer: El Salvador Media Project 1984, 35 min., Color, El Salvador A portrait of the FMLN's Rafael Arce Zablah Brigade (BRAZ), the rebel army, and its development in the context of Salvadoran history.
Made in El Salvador by Sistema Radios Venceremos, this film was...
Commander Clelia: Political Prisoner Sistema Radio Venceremos Producer: Sistema Radio Venceremos 1984, 28 min., Color, El Salvador Five women, including FMLN Commander Lilian Mercedes Letona "Clelia", speak about their imprisonment after they are released from the Women's Prison of Ilopango when the Salvadoran government declared...
El Salvador Media Project Video Series Sistema Radio Venceremos Producer: Sistema Radio Venceremos 1987, Color, El Salvador Third World Newsreel maintains a collection of videotapes that chronicle the Salvadoran people's struggle for democracy. The following videotapes are available for viewing at Third World Newsreel by l...
Harvest of Empire: The Untold Story of Latinos in America Eduardo López & Peter Getzels Producer: Wendy Thompson-Marquez 2012, 90 min., Color, US At a time of heated and divisive debate over immigration, HARVEST OF EMPIRE examines the direct connection between the long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the immigration crisis we ...
In the Absence of Peace Michael T. Martin Producer: Martin/Shepard Production 1988, 54 min., Color, US/Nicaragua "In the past, the workers did not have all the possibilities we have now, despite the war waged against us."
This documentary explores the human and social costs of the continuing military and pol...
Judith: Portrait of a Street Vendor Zahida Pirani 2014, 17 min., Color, US JUDITH: PORTRAIT OF A STREET VENDOR is a documentary short that takes the audience on an intimate journey into the daily life of Judith, a street vendor from Guatemala who lives and works in New York ...
La Cocina de las Patronas Javier García Producer: Iliana Martinez, Ana Paula Uruñuela & SacBé Producciones 2016, 66 min., Color, Mexico Day after day, for over 20 years, a group of women in Mexico, prepare and give meals to Central American migrants who travel atop La Bestia, a U.S.-bound freight train. They call themselves Las Patron...
Sanctuary: An Expression of Conscience Third World Newsreel Workshop Producer: Third World Newsreel Workshop 1989, 23 min., Color, US This film describes the war in El Salvador and the plight of its people who flee persecution and death only to be denied sanctuary under the U.S. Refugee Act. The refugees' struggle for a safe haven ...
Zona Intertidal El Taller de los Vagos Collective Producer: El Taller de los Vagos Collective 1980, 14 min., Color, El Salvador A fictional essay on the detainment, torture and assassination of Salvadoran teachers in 1979, shortly before the Salvadoran Civil War broke out.
Produced independently in El Salvador, this film wa...
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