El Salvador: The People Will Win

El Salvador: The People Will Win (1980)

January 2nd, 19801h 20min

War, Documentary
50%

Overview

The battle of El Salvador and its revolutionary history, from the time of the Spanish conquest and colonization, to the insurgency of the 80s, approached by a Puerto Rican filmmaker immersed in the conflict. Depicts a host of F.M.L.N. guerrillas marching forth from Monte Alzaco, the spiritual home of Salvadoran resistance.


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