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Commander Clelia: Political PrisonerSistema 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 a general amnesty for political prisoners in 1983.
Made in El Salvador by Sistema Radi...
Decision to Win: The First FruitsSistema Radio Venceremos/Radio Venceremos System
Producer: Sistema Radio Venceremos/Radio Venceremos System
1981, 75 min., Color, El Salvador
This unique and moving film depicts the Salvadoran heartland in the early years of the war. It presents different aspects of daily life in El Salvador in areas called popular power zones controlled by the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN). Its intimacy, lyrical texture and understatem...
Sowing Hope a.k.a. Seedtime of HopeSistema Radio Venceremos/Radio Venceremos System
Producer: Sistema Radio Venceremos/Radio Venceremos System
1983, 30 min., Color, El Salvador
This film depicts the activist role taken by the Catholic Church in defending human rights in El Salvador. Interviews with the late Archbishop Romero and Christians living in guerrilla-controlled zones provide perspectives that were often met with intimidation and death.
Made in El Salv...
A Time of Victory: Nine Years of War in El SalvadorSistema Radio Venceremos/Radio Venceremos System
Producer: El Salvador Media Project
1989, 60 min., Color, El Salvador
This documentary is an unprecedented portrait of nine years of revolutionary war and counterinsurgency in El Salvador. Envisioned as an introductory document for the FMLN's top leadership in their first international diplomatic mission, the film was able to capture the mounting rebel strength that l...
Two FacesSistema Radio Venceremos
Producer: Sistema Radio Venceremos
1989, 50 min., Color, El Salvador
TWO FACES contrasts the hearts-and-minds tactics of U.S. military strategists and the organizing efforts of the Salvadoran resistance. This documentary is a precursor to the 1989 FMLN offensive that resulted in U.N.-brokered negotiations.
Made in El Salvador, this film was part ...
Two Types of Peace a.k.a. Comité de MadresSistema Radio Venceremos
Producer: Sistema Radio Venceremos
1984, 8 min., Color, El Salvador
A glimpse of two types of women seeking very different types of peace: the women of the Salvadoran oligarchy and the members of the Committee of Mothers of the Disappeared (CoMadres).
Made in El Salvador by Sistema Radio Venceremos, this film was part of a video series curated by El Sal...
Zona IntertidalEl 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 was presented in the United States as part of a video series curated by El Salvador Media Pr...
