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Be A Patriot, Kill A Priest
directed by Sante Altizio (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2001), 1 hour 5 mins
The war in El Salvador was the most cruel and bloody Latin America has ever seen. During that time of turmoil Latin American bishops created the famous preferential option for the poor, demanding justice, food and education in the name of the gospel. As campesinos, students, and reformists defied the military gove...
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directed by Sante Altizio (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2001), 1 hour 5 mins
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The war in El Salvador was the most cruel and bloody Latin America has ever seen. During that time of turmoil Latin American bishops created the famous preferential option for the poor, demanding justice, food and education in the name of the gospel. As campesinos, students, and reformists defied the military government, the Jesuits, as spokesmen of the poor, were ordered to leave the country. The Jesuits refused to leave, and many clergy were mu...
The war in El Salvador was the most cruel and bloody Latin America has ever seen. During that time of turmoil Latin American bishops created the famous preferential option for the poor, demanding justice, food and education in the name of the gospel. As campesinos, students, and reformists defied the military government, the Jesuits, as spokesmen of the poor, were ordered to leave the country. The Jesuits refused to leave, and many clergy were murdered. Using interviews and old footage, the film follows the civil war and the role of the Church in it. In 1977, after the murder of Father Rutilio Grande, the Archbishop Oscar Romero took a strong anti government position, broadcasting sermons over Radio Luz demanding that the government stop the repression. He could not understand why he was thought to be a follower of Karl Marx, when he knew "he followed only Jesus Christ." Father Romero was killed by a single shot while delivering a sermon. Today, he is looked upon as a saint in El Salvador. An inspiring film about people of faith who stood up against injustice. College Adult
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Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Sante Altizio
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Revolution and Protest context, Religion, War, Politics & Policy, History, Religion & Philosophy, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2001. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Reinventing Cuba
directed by Armando Guerra, fl. 2015 and Gerry Hadden, fl. 2000; produced by CCTV America and SW Pictures; interview by Gerry Hadden, fl. 2000 (United Kingdom: SW Pictures, 2015), 54 mins
In Cuba, more than 50-years of isolation & restrictions have created a society where people have learned to be creative & inventive and adapt to the lack of goods & restrictions. In this film we meet some of these creative & inventive people and gain an amazing insight into how they have overcome many hardships. C...
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directed by Armando Guerra, fl. 2015 and Gerry Hadden, fl. 2000; produced by CCTV America and SW Pictures; interview by Gerry Hadden, fl. 2000 (United Kingdom: SW Pictures, 2015), 54 mins
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In Cuba, more than 50-years of isolation & restrictions have created a society where people have learned to be creative & inventive and adapt to the lack of goods & restrictions. In this film we meet some of these creative & inventive people and gain an amazing insight into how they have overcome many hardships. Cuba is a world leader in affordable health care and many of their medical inventions have been adopted worldwide. We meet the doctors,...
In Cuba, more than 50-years of isolation & restrictions have created a society where people have learned to be creative & inventive and adapt to the lack of goods & restrictions. In this film we meet some of these creative & inventive people and gain an amazing insight into how they have overcome many hardships. Cuba is a world leader in affordable health care and many of their medical inventions have been adopted worldwide. We meet the doctors, the inventors of vaccines & the recipients of free health care. Despite the lack of materials, their artists and designers are finding ways of creating amazing new stuff and gaining international recognition. We meet some of these artists and tap into their eternal optimism. With little access to the internet, clandestine publications have been created to let the population know about the latest news, music and movies – all distributed on hard-drives around the island nation. We meet the man who created "The Package" – the weekly "underground publication" that informs most Cubans of the latest news. And despite turning out some of the best baseball players in the world, from a young age Cubans are unable to play with a real baseball as they either can’t afford one or it’s not available. We meet the little leaguers and a teenager on the verge of stardom. Despite all of these issues, Cuba is changing, opening, reinventing itself.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
CCTV America, SW Pictures
Author / Creator
Armando Guerra, fl. 2015, Gerry Hadden, fl. 2000
Date Published / Released
2015
Publisher
SW Pictures
Topic / Theme
Cuba and the United States Border, Economic conditions, Embargoes, Black markets, United States Imposes Embargo Against Cuba, October 19, 1960, Politics & Policy, Medicine, The Arts, Cubans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000), 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Copyright © 2015 SW Pictures
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