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El Salvador: The People Will Win

Jan 2, 1980

1h 20m

★ 5.0

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.

Genres

War

Documentary

Production Companies

Instituto Cinematográfico de El Salvador Revolucionario F.M.L.N

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Cast

Narrator

Chema

Narrator

Haroldo

Narrator

Valentín Hernández

Narrator

Carlos Álvarez

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Álvaro

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