In this moving film, the personal testimonies of Guatemalan Indians, peasants, and guerrillas are dramatized to provide the narration for a powerful overview of the history of U.S. destabilization of democracy in Central America.

Day after day, for over 20 years, a group of women in Mexico, prepare and give meals to Central American migrants who travel atop La Bestia, a U.S.-bound freight train.

Nuyorican Básquet chronicles the dramatic story of the Puerto Rican national basketball team’s participation in the 1979 Pan American Games.

Salvadorian teenager Imelda Cortez's only hope at freedom is a local citizen’s movement that dares to defend women who are persecuted under El Salvador's total ban on abortion. The result is a shocking account of an ongoing human rights crisis and a moving portrait of those who fight for a better society.

This film explores a now-obscure American expansionist, William Walker, who through military force and coercion became president of Nicaragua in 1856.

A fictional essay on the respresssion of Salvadoran teachers during 1979, before the Salvadoran Civil War broke out.

Chronicles the evolution of popular Garifuna music from Belize and explores the role of the music in Belize's cultural awakening.

The story of Nicaraguans in the aftermath of four decades of dictatorship, their revolution, and the United States involvement in the continuing conflict.

Five women, including FMLN Commander Lilian Mercedes Letona "Clelia", speak about their imprisonment after they are released from the Women's Prison of Ilopango when the Salvadoran government declared a general amnesty for political prisoners in 1983.

An intimate look at a journey made by ordinary Americans to provide humanitarian aid to Nicaragua during the U.S.- sponsored Contra war and economic embargo.

Struggle for self-governance on the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua.

A portrait of the FMLN's Rafael Arce Zablah Brigade (BRAZ), the rebel army, and its development in the context of Salvadoran history.

A portrait of nine years of revolutionary war and counterinsurgency in El Salvador.

Scenes from both sides of the Salvadorian Civil War: U.S. advisors with government troops on one side and guerrilla fighters and their supporters on the other.