Description |
1 videodisc (ca. 91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD; Dolby Digital stereo, NTSC. |
Performer |
Narrator, Elizabeth Montgomery. |
Credits |
Camera, Michael Dobo, Manuel Becker ; music, Sting ... [et al.]. |
Note |
Originally released as a documentary film in 1992. |
Audience |
Not rated. |
Summary |
Offers a view of the 1989 invasion of Panama that was not given by the American media. Presents evidence of mass burials of civilian casualties and internment of homeless civilians which was concealed by the U.S. military or went unreported. Also claims to reveal President Bush's "secret agenda" behind the invasion: to keep U.S. military bases in Panama after the year 2000 in defiance of canal treaties. |
Note |
Special features: Follow-up interviews with filmmakers Barbara Trent & David Kasper; The politics of demonization and fear, with Phyllis Bennis; The future of Panama & Latin America; Panama to Iraq: the trajectory of U.S. militarism; Panama after the invasion, with Humberto Brown; trailers from goodfilms.org; resource guide; filmmaker biographies. |
Awards |
"Academy Award winner"--Container. |
Subject |
Panama -- History -- American Invasion, 1989.
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Panama -- Foreign relations -- United States.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Panama.
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Panama -- History -- American Invasion, 1989.
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Panama -- Foreign relations -- United States.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Panama.
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Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Historical films.
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Documentary -- Feature.
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Added Author |
Trent, Barbara.
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Kasper, David.
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Montgomery, Elizabeth, 1933-1995.
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Docurama (Firm)
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Empowerment Project.
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New Video Group.
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ISBN |
0767094425 |
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9780767094429 |
Standard No. |
767685987131 |
Music No. |
NVG-9871 New Video |
Standard No. |
QBX qbi07002261 |
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