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| Title: | Americas in transition |
| Director: | Obie Benz. |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (29 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in |
| Imprint: | New York : First Run/Icarus Films, 199-?] |
| Language: | English
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| Notes: | Americas in Transition, Inc. ; producer and director, Obie Benz. Originally produced in 1981. Credits Narrator, Ed Asner. Awards Blue Ribbon, 1982 American Film & Video Festival.
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| Plot: | Focuses on American military intervention in Nicaragua, Guatemala, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Chile, and El Salvador. Discusses the roots of dictatorship, its effects on citizens, movements toward majority rule, and communist influences.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Latin America. Nicaragua. Guatemala. Cuba. Dominican Republic. Chile. El Salvador. Politics and government, 1948-1980.Military relations, United States. Dictators. Communism. |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | Centro America enfoca la democracia : Enfoque: Nicaragua / Central American democracy in focus: : focus on Nicaragua, 1985 |
| Director: | n/a |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (29 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Imprint: | Washington, D.C. : National Archives, 2007 |
| Language: | English
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| Notes: | Experience the American Journey through our country's visual heritage in this historical recording provided by the National Archives of the United States.
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| Plot: | The Sandanistas dubbed the 1984 elections in Nicaragua as democratic. But censorship, pressure tactics, and the absence from the race of any significant opposition called the process into question. Shows scenes of the election and inauguration process, the intimidation and mob tactics used by the FSLN against the opposition, and censorship of La Prensa. A historical recording from the National Archives and Records Administration.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Nicaragua. Politics and government. 1979-1990.
Elections. History. 20th century
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| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | Fire from the mountain : a film. |
| Director: | Deborah Shaffer. |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (58 min.) ; sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. VHS. |
| Imprint: | New York, N.Y. : First Run/Icarus Films, 1987 |
| Language: | Spanish dialog,. English voice-over.
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| Notes: | Biographical documentary, by Deborah Shaffer. Based on the book by Omar Cabezas. Montaña es algo mas que une inmensa estepa verde.
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| Plot: | View of recent Nicaraguan history, the Sandinista revolt against the Samoza dictatorship, and the impact of U.S. policy on the development of the country. Includes biographical information on Omar Cabezas, author and Sandanista Government official
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Frente Sandinista de Liberacion Nacional. United States. Nicaragua. Revolution, 1979. Sandinismo. |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | From the ashes: Nicaragua today |
| Director: | Helena Solberg |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. DVD |
| Imprint: | New York, N.Y. : Cinema Guild [distributor], 2006 |
| Language: | English and Spanish with English voiceovers and subtitles.
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| Notes: | Videodisc release of a 1982 production. International Women's Film Project, Inc. ; producers, Helena Solberg Ladd and Glenn Silber ; director, Helena Solberg Ladd. Editor, Melanie Maholick ; cinematographer, Michael Anderson.
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| Plot: | A portrayal of Nicaragua one year after the 1979 Sandinista victory over the Samoza dictatorship, using archival, newsreel, and video footage. Traces the history of U.S. intervention in Nicaraguan affairs and presents descriptive footage of various facets of life in Nicaragua today as experienced by one family transformed by the revolution.
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| Subjects: | Documentary Films. Nicaragua. History. Revolution, 1979. United States. |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | Innovating Nicaragua |
| Director: | John Mraz |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (40 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD |
| Imprint: | New York : Cinema Guild, 2005 |
| Language: | Spanish dialog, English subtitles
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| Notes: | director, John Mraz ; producers, Melvin Wallace Simpson, Luis Ocampo Simpson. Nicaragua innovando / director, John Mraz ; productores, Melvin Wallace Simpson, Luis Ocampo Simpson. Camera, José Ángel Narvaez A., Peter White ; music, Luis E. Mejía Godoy, Elias Palacios, Pancasan ; editor, John Mraz.
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| Plot: | Originally released in 1986. Documentary examination of the Innovators Movement (part of the Sandinista Workers Union) including interviews with members of the group. Shows how they fabricated machine parts and other items to maintain the Nicaraguan economy during the U.S. economic blockade.
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| Subjects: | Documentary Films. Nicaragua. History. Revolution, 1979. Politics and government -- 1979-1990. |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | Nicaragua, the dirty war |
| Director: | Danièle Lacourse, Yvan Patry |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (68 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Imprint: | New York, NY : Cinema Guild [distributor], 2006 |
| Language: | English dialogue and Spanish dialogue with English subtitles.
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| Notes: | Videodisc release of a 1985 production. An Alter-Cine Inc. production, with the participation of the Societé general du cinema du Quebec and the National Film Board of Canada (English Program Branch). Writers, directors, Danièle Lacourse, Yvan Patry ; music by Jean Corriveau ; translated by Margaret Heap ; edited by Pierre Marier, Danièle Lacourse.
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| Plot: | A documentary portrait of the war waged by the Contra rebels against Nicaragua's civilian population. It shows how, in various sectors of activity and in different parts of the country, daily life and social progress have been undermined by the military and economic encirclement of Nicaragua.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Nicaragua -- Politics and government -- 1979-1990. |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | Nicaragua, del rojo al violeta |
| Director: | Carmen Sarmiento |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (60 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD (Region 1) |
| Imprint: | Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities, c2006. |
| Language: | English
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| Notes: | Originally aired as a television program in 1992. Idea original y guión, Carmen Sarmiento ; producida por Video Spot y Asociados S.A. en asociación con Televisión Española. Producer/director, Carmen Sarmiento ; music, Rafael P. Botija ; director of photography, Emilio Polo ; executive producer, Jose Nolla.
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| Plot: | Looks at Nicaragua through its women from all walks of life: women who transport drugs across borders for their men, mothers searching for their disappeared sons and lovers, as well as women teachers, engineers, ministers, and political leaders.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Nicaragua. Women |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | Nicaragua los niños esperan / the children are waiting |
| Director: | Marta Noemí Bautís |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (50 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in |
| Imprint: | New York : Tiempo Azul Productions, c2002. |
| Language: | Spanish dialogue with English subtitles.
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| Notes: | Tiempo Azul Productions presents a video by Marta Noemi Bautis ; directed by Marta Noemí Bautís. Camera/editor, Marta Noemí Bautís ; music, Calos Mejia Godoy, Los de Palacgüina, Los Camarógrafos
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| Plot: | Filmmaker Marta Noemí Bautís compares how Nicaragua's youth live today compared to how they lived 20 years ago during her last visit to the country. Explores the social conditions that the young people of that country face as well as the increase in violence, crimes and drug use.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Nicaragua. Street children. Children and violence. Gangs |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | Nicaragua 1979: scenes from the revolution |
| Director: | John Chapman |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD |
| Imprint: | New York : Cinema Guild, 2006 |
| Language: | English and Spanish with English subtitles
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| Notes: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1980. A film by John Chapman ; narration by Rob Wilson ; John Chapman Film Project, S.F. Camera, John Chapman ; editor, Peter Gessner ; songs by Fernando. Participants: Narrator, Elizabeth Farnsworth
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| Plot: | With a combination of historical footage and footage taken under fire, the film portrays the Nicaraguan Revolution from the inception of Sandinismo to the strike called by the Sandinistas in 1979 against the Somoza regime. Shows the problems the victorious Sandinistas have with running a country which is economically and physically devastated and whose population is undernourished and largely illiterate
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| Subjects: | Documentary Films. Nicaragua. History. Revolution, 1979. United States. Politics and government -- 1979-1990. |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | Pictures from a revolution
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| Director: | Susan Meiselas |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (88 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded information sheet ([6] p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.) |
| Imprint: | New York, N.Y.] : Docurama Films : Distributed by New Video, 2007 |
| Language: | English and Spanish with English subtitles; optional Spanish subtitles.
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| Notes: | Originally released as a documentary film in 1991. GMR Films presents a film by Susan Meiselas, Richard P. Rogers and Alfred Guzzetti ; produced, directed & edited by Susan Meiselas, Richard P. Rogers, Alfred Guzzetti. Principal cinematographer, Richard P. Rogers ; original music, William Eldridge. Participants: Photojournalist, Susan Meiselas.
Special features: Susan Meiselas installs her photographs in the places where they were originally taken (2004); Susan Meiselas interview (2002, 14 min.); New York Film Festival press conference (1991, 14 min.); short film "Reframing history" (optional English subtitles, 2004, 12 min.).
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| Plot: | In this discourse on the power of images, photojournalist Susan Meiselas returns to the scenes of a revolution she witnessed and captured with her camera in war-torn Nicaragua in the late 70s and 80s. Delving into the lives of guerrillas, Sandinistas, and bystanders a decade after they faced off in a bloody struggle, this film finds both disappointment and modest pride amidst still-fresh, stirring memories. Once photographed wielding contact bombs and marching in the streets, these incredible Nicaraguans now live much as they did before the revolutionary days.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Nicaragua. History, Revolution, 1979 -. War and society. War photography, Social aspects. Nicaraguans, Social conditions. |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | The Secret government, the Constitution in crisis : a special Reprot |
| Director: | Bill Moyers |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (90 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in |
| Imprint: | New York, N.Y. : Public Affairs Television, distributor], c1987. |
| Language: | English
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| Notes: | Originally broadcast from WNET New York Nov. 4, 1987 and other PBS stations. By Bill Moyers ; senior producer, Alan M. Levin ; producers, Paul Budline ... [et al.] ; writer, Bill Moyers ; a production of Alvin H. Perlmutter, Inc. and Public Affairs Television, Inc. in association with WNET and WETA. Director of photography, Mark Benjamin ; videotape editors, Marc Levin, Paul Budline ; music, Michael Bacon ; research consultant, Jane Murphy Schulberg.
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| Plot: | personal essay that examines actions of the secret U.S. government which resulted in the Contra war in Nicaragua, the Iran-Contra scandal, and other wars and tragedies over the last forty years.
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| Subjects: | Documentary Films. United States. Nicaragua. Central Intelligence Agency. CIA. Iran-Contra Affair, 1985-1990. |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | Target Nicaragua: inside a covert war |
| Director: | Saul Landau |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (52 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD |
| Imprint: | New York : Cinema Guild, 2005 |
| Language: | English
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| Notes: | Originally produced as a motion picture in 1983. Stichting Derde Cinema. Producer/director, Saul Landau ; Cinematography, Haskell Wexler ; editing, Melody London, Bronwen Sennish ; music, Grupo Mancotal.
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| Plot: | A grim exposé of the CIA directed war against the Sandinistas. It shows how the United States and Argentina were plotting an overthrow beginning in 1981. Sabotage, blackmail, murder have all been tried. Describes the U. S. foreign policy and the human tragedies being faced in Nicaragua.
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| Subjects: | Documentary Films. Nicaragua -- Foreign relations -- United States. History. 1979-1990. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional.
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| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | Unser America / Nuestra América / Our America |
| Director: | Kristina Konrad |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (84 min.) ; sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. DVD (Region All) |
| Imprint: | [Berlin, Germany] : good!movies : Neue Visionen, 2006?] |
| Language: | German; In Spanish (stereo.) with optional English, German and Spanish subtitles.
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| Notes: | Originally released as a motion picture in 2005. Maximage zeigt ; einen Film von Kristina Konrad ; Regie, Kristina Konrad ; Buch, Kristina Konrad, Christian Frosch ; ein Koproduktion mit SF DRS und SRG SSR idée suisse. Camera, Filip Zumbrunn ; editor, Gudrun Steinbrück, Yves Scagliola ; music, Konrad Bauer. Participants: With Ana Cecilia Rojas, Magaly Cabrera, Enrique Fonseca González, Josefina Ulloa, Rosa Maria Hernández, Herty Lewites and others.
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| Plot: | Filmmaker Kristina Konrad returns to Nicaragua to interview participants of the Nicaraguan revolution of 1979 and to asses how the country has fared since that time.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Nicaragua. Women guerrillas -- Interviews. |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | Verdades ocultas / hidden truths
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| Director: | Rossana Lacayo |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (90 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD (Region 1) |
| Imprint: | Buena Park, CA : Vanguard Cinema, 2006 |
| Language: | Spanish with English subtitles.
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| Notes: | Originally released in 2005. directed by Rossana Lacayo. Gota Films presents ; production, Martha Clarissa Hernández, José Esteban Zúñiga ; scriptwriter and director, Rossana Lacayo. Director of photography, Frank Pineda ; editor, Gerardo Arce. Features: bonus feature film "Brisa nocturna" (Night breeze, 30 min.).
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| Plot: | Hidden truth: Looks at how amid the poverty, women in Central America turn to prostitution as a means to support their families. Brisa nocturna: a photographer travels with her husband and his assistant to an exotic tropical island.
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| Subjects: | Documentary Films. Nicaragua. Prostitution |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | What in the world? Nicaragua : turning away from violence. (Television program) |
| Director: | Ruth Meehan |
| Format: | 1 videodisc (26 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD (Region 1) |
| Imprint: | Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2006. |
| Language: | English
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| Notes: | Fighting the tide : developing nations and globalization. Script, Rodney Rice ; director, Ruth Meehan ; executive producer, Peadar King; photography, Ken O'Mahony ; editor, Seiamus Callagy ; opening music, Graham Wells. Script writer, Rodney Rice ; Narrator: Rodney Rice.
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| Plot: | "In Nicaragua, a growing awareness of domestic violence and its consequences has spurred grassroots activism. Part three of the "Fighting the tide" series documents the efforts of two groups, the Xochilt-Acalt Center and the Association of Men Against Violence, both of which confront gender and sexual abuse. Arguing that economic and political oppression influence male tendencies to exercise physical authority within the home, the video describes educational campaigns that build financial self sufficiency and self esteem in both men and women. Interviews with participants feature more than one success story"--Container.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Nicaragua. Family violence. Abused women |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | The world stopped watching |
| Director: | Peter Raymont |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (82 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Imprint: | Toronto : White Pine Pictures ; Brooklyn, NY : Distributed by First Run/Icarus Films, c2003 |
| Language: | English
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| Notes: | Director, Peter Raymont; produced by Peter Raymont, Harold Crooks, Jim Monro; written by Peter Raymont, Harold Crooks; director of photography, John Westheuser; editor, Michael Fuller.
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| Plot: | Peter Raymont's 1987 documentary "The World Is Watching" followed four journalists at work in Nicargua during the height of the Contra war against the Sandinistas. Thirteen years later in "The World Stopped Watching" Raymont follows journalists Bill Gentile and Ry Ryan during their return to Nicaragua to track down the people they interviewed before and learn how the country has meanwhile changed for better or worse.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Nicaragua. United States.Counterrevolutionaries. Fuerza Democrática Nicaragüense. Foreign correspondents |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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| Title: | The World is watching |
| Director: | Peter Raymont |
| Format: | 1 videocassette (59 min.) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. |
| Imprint: | New York, NY : First Run/Icarus Films, c1988. |
| Language: | English
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| Notes: | Producers, Harold Crooks, Jim Monro, Peter Raymont ; director, Peter Raymont ; writers, Harold Crooks, Peter Raymont ; editors, John Kramer, Robert Benson ; narrator, Elizabeth Gray ; music, Doug Wilde.
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| Plot: | Explores the ways that print and broadcast media coverage of the conflict in Nicaragua affects the public's perceptions and policy development in the United States and other countries.
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| Subjects: | Documentary films. Nicaragua. United States. Politics and government, 1979-1990. Foreign public opinion, American. Press and politics. Television broadcasting of news. |
| Location: | View Catalog Record |
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