Short film
American/Sandinista
2008 · 31 min
A sober, archival-driven look at idealistic outsiders caught in a distant war, informative and quietly sobering.
- Directed by
- Jason Blalock
- Genres
- Documentary, War
- Overview
- At the height of the Cold War in the 1980s, a civil war between socialist-influenced Sandinistas and US-backed Contras ravaged Nicaragua. Using rare archival footage and contemporary interviews, American/Sandinista tells the story of a controversial group of US engineers who went further than anyone expected and paid the ultimate price.
- How it feels
- Earnest, melancholic and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- War, politics, identity, betrayal
- Content
- Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Jason Blalock
- Genres
- Documentary, War