Showing 1 - 10 of 35 titles with a criteria of Subject is Central America

Americas in Transition

A concise and fast-paced history of the volatile forces at work in Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua in the 1980s.

Icarus Films | 1982 | 29 minutes

A Better Life

Returning to Todos Santos after 30 years, a look at the profound economic and social changes that have transformed this Guatemalan Mayan village.

Icarus Films | 2011 | 52 minutes

A Bold Peace

Almost 70 years ago Costa Rica abolished its army and committed itself to fostering a peaceful society. It has been reaping the benefits ever since.

Bullfrog Films | 2017 | 89 minutes

Brother Towns / Pueblos Hermanos

An uplifting story about Jupiter, Florida's humane response to an influx of day laborers from Jacaltenango, Guatemala.

Bullfrog Films | 2010 | 58 minutes

The Chocolate Farmer

This tender and moving tale captures a year in the life of a Belize cacao farm family.

Natl Film Board of Canada | 2010 | 52 minutes

Danger: Children at Work

Guatemalan agencies try to discourage child labor and fireworks production by poor families.

Bullfrog Films | 2003 | 27 minutes

Dead Mums Don't Cry

Grace Kodindo's heroic efforts in Chad to lower the rate of maternal mortality, one of the UN's Millennium Development Goals.

Bullfrog Films | 2006 | 49 minutes

Denial

A long overdue investigation into the 1981 El Mozote massacre in El Salvador, and the Reagan administration's cover-up of it.

Icarus Films | 1995 | 57 minutes

Devils Don't Dream!

Analysis of the CIA-sponsored 1954 coup in Guatemala.

Icarus Films | 1995 | 90 minutes

Footprints of Sorrow

Guatemalan war widows fighting for human rights.

Bullfrog Films | 1996 | 10 minutes