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Showing 1 - 10 of 15 titles with a criteria of Subject is El Salvador


Americas in Transition

A concise and fast-paced history of the volatile forces at work in Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua in the 1980s.

Icarus Films | 1982 | 29 minutes

Children of Memory

Follows the intertwined journeys Jamie Harvey, an adopted American woman, and human rights investigator Margarita Zamora as they navigate the complex paths of identity, family, and justice.

Women Make Movies | 2012 | 64 minutes

Denial

A long overdue investigation into the 1981 El Mozote massacre in El Salvador, and the Reagan administration's cover-up of it.

Icarus Films | 1995 | 57 minutes

Fly So Far

A grave warning of how far state control of women’s bodies can go, FLY SO FAR follows Teodora Vásquez, who was sentenced to thirty years in a Salvadorean prison after she suffered a stillbirth.

Women Make Movies | 2021 | 89 minutes

Four Paths to Dignity

Four Paths to Dignity profiles the pursuit of dignity for Guatemalan midwives.

EPF Media | 2022 | 28 minutes

In the Name of the People

An evocative vision of El Salvador and its tragic civil conflict.

Icarus Films | 1984 | 75 minutes

In Whose Interest?

A revealing critique of US foreign policy since World War II.

Bullfrog Films | 2002 | 27 minutes

Justice and the Generals

Investigates the human rights and legal issues involved when two Salvadoran generals are sued in an American court for atrocities (such as the murder of four American churchwomen) committed during El Salvador's civil war.

Icarus Films | 2002 | 86 minutes

Keepers of the Future

Following El Salvador's civil war, a farmers' cooperative puts down roots, builds resilience and provides a model of how to mitigate climate change and resist unsustainable, extractive development.

Bullfrog Films | 2018 | 24 minutes

A Question of Conscience: The Murder of the Jesuit Priests in El Salvador

Examines the November 16, 1989 murder of six Jesuit priests in El Salvador by uniformed soldiers. The film offers a chilling warning of how easily ordinary men can be turned into mass murderers.

Icarus Films | 1990 | 47 minutes