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  1. Monsenor: The Last Journey of Oscar Romero (2010)

    Director
    Ana Carrigan; Juliet Weber
    Subject
    Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 96 minutes), $13.99

    In El Salvador in the late Seventies, one man was the voice of the poor, the disenfranchised, and the Disappeared - all struggling under the corrupt Salvadoran government. Appointed Archbishop in early 1977,...

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  2. In Whose Interests? (2004)

    Subject
    Economics; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Hire, VHS (PAL, 27 minutes), £7.00 + £20.00 deposit

    America claims to support freedom and democracy abroad but does history really support this idea? An internal government memorandum of 1948 said "We have about 50% of the world’s wealth but only 6% of its...

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  3. Fame and Shame of Salvador Dali, The (2 Parts) (1997 Video)

    Director
    Michael Dibb
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 2 x 50 min., 1998 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) both parts

    Profile of the surrealist painter Salvador Dali. Biographer Ian Gibson uncovers the sources of his most startling images. Part 2 explores Dali’s and his wife Gala’s wealth and celebrity in the USA. Also...

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  4. Dateline: San Salvador (1986 Video)

    Director
    Pamela Cohen
    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Video cassette. Standard formats. col. 28 min.

    After years of government repression, 80,000 people risked their lives on May 1st 1976 to take part in a protest march and demand an end to the civil war. Documents that march and explores the peoples’...

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  5. In the Name of the People (1985 Film, Video)

    Director
    Frank Christopher
    Producer
    Frank Christopher; Alex W Drehsler
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A documentary filmed in 1982 about the civil war in El Salvador, which goes behind the lines and into the ‘liberated zones’ as four American journalists film daily life amongst the guerillas in Guazapa,...

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  6. We Demand Our Freedom (1985 Video)

    Producer
    Gerard Bueters
    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Hire (El Salvador Committee) Sale (Concord, WFA), Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min.

    Shows the beginning of the revival of trade unions in spite of the continuing repression and cruelty of the Duarte regime, and the growth of the progressive military and political alliance of the FDR/FMLN in...

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  7. El Salvador: The Seeds of Liberty (1982 Film)

    Director
    Glenn Silber; Tete Vasconcellos
    Subject
    Politics & government
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Examines the position of the poor of El Salvador through interviews with military, government and church leaders, both in El Salvador and in the United States, and through interviews with the poor...

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  8. El Salvador: Another Vietnam (1981 Video)

    Director
    Glenn Silber; Tete Vasconcellos
    Producer
    Glenn Silber; Tete Vasconcellos
    Subject
    History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. col. 50 min.

    Investigates the origins of the civil war in El Salvador and the involvement, historical and contemporary, of the USA. For fifty years, El Salvador was ruled by an oligarchy supported and effectively...

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  9. El Salvador: The People Will Win (1980 Film)

    Director
    Diego de la Texera
    Producer
    Carlos Alvarez
    Subject
    History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Analyses the conflict in El Salvador. Documents the formation of the popular movement founded and led by Farabundo Marti in the Thirties and relates the history of that struggle to the conflict being waged...

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  10. Battle of Chile, The (3 Parts) (1973 Video)

    Director
    Patricio Guzman
    Subject
    History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 320 minutes), $440

    A portrait of the passions of a people divided and a nation on the brink of civil war. Patricio Guzman shot the whole of his three-part film with a team of six people constantly on the spot with as many...

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