Oscar Arias: Without a Shot Fired (2017)
• June 18th, 2017 • 1h 4min
Documentary, History
Overview
This is the story of a tiny country that made a decision to do something that no other country had ever done -- it decided to abolish its army and declare peace to the world. And this is the story of a young boy who grew up in that country, and how he ended up challenging -- and sometimes even convincing -- the greatest powers in the world to follow Costa Rica's example. "Oscar Arias: Without a Shot Fired" is a Don Quixote-like saga with great historical touchstones -- Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, Cold War politics and Communism, Central American War and Peace. It follows a slight, academic, and most unlikely hero over the course of more than fifty years, as he travels the world in a quest to stop the spread of the weapons of war. In the end, it is a story about the triumph of reason, of the sparrow triumphing over the eagle, and how the impossible dream can sometimes come true.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Relatively Free
Released on: 2016-12-21
Documentary
A short film following the release of journalist and activist Barrett Brown from prison, and his dri...
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, l’homme qui avançait à contre-courant
Released on: 2017-01-30
Documentary, TV Movie
The Voice of Innocence
Released on: 2019-04-28
Documentary
"The Voice of Innocence" is a documentary that shows how, starting in 1959, the Cuban Revolution put...
Y aura-t-il de l’eau cet été ?
Released on: 2025-12-10
Documentary
Through encounters with a hydrologist, a farmer, and citizens mobilized around the Marais Poitevin, ...
Don't Call Him Dimon
Released on: 2017-03-02
Documentary
Don't Call Him Dimon is a 2017 Russian documentary film about the corrupt affairs of Prime Minister ...
Chaika
Released on: 2015-12-01
Documentary
This documentary investigates the financial fraud of persons close to the Prosecutor General of the ...
Édouard, mon pote de droite - Épisode 1 : Le Havre
Released on: 2016-08-21
Documentary
A director follows his right-wing friend during his reelection campaign for Le Havre's mayorship.
Disgraced Monuments
Released on: 1994-06-06
Documentary
Filmmakers Laura Mulvey and Mark Lewis use rare archival footage and interviews with artists, art hi...
Chappaquiddick
Released on: 2018-04-06
History, Drama, Thriller
Ted Kennedy's life and political career become derailed in the aftermath of a fatal car accident in ...
The Boys from Brazil: Rise of the Bolsonaros
Released on: 2022-08-30
Documentary
This documentary tells of the extraordinary rise of Jair Bolsonaro, from relative obscurity to the u...
Modern Guatemala City
Released on: 1945-08-25
Documentary
This FitzPatrick Traveltalk short visits Guatemala City, touching upon its sights, customs, and hist...
The Rose of Versailles
Released on: 2025-01-31
Animation, Romance, Drama, History
In an age of revolution, Marie Antoinette and her protector Oscar François de Jarjayes face tough ch...
The Prostitutes of Lyon Speak
Released on: 1975-01-01
Documentary
Documentary about the Lyon sex workers who occupied the church of St. Nizier on June 3, 1975.
JFK
Released on: 1991-12-20
Drama, Thriller, History
Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans dis...
Você Também Pode Dar um Presunto Legal
Released on: 2006-07-05
Documentary
Amid the civil-military dictatorship implanted with the 1964 coup, Sergio Muniz had the idea of maki...
The Right Stuff
Released on: 1983-10-20
Drama, History, Adventure
At the dawn of the Space Race, seven test pilots set out to become the first American astronauts to ...
Maximón: Devil or Saint
Released on: 2014-02-06
Documentary
MAXIMÓN - Devil or Saint is a documentary about the controversial Maya deity, also known as San Simo...
