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The Houses Are Full of Smoke
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The Houses Are Full of Smoke

Sep 19, 1987
3h 3m
★ 6.0

Overview

A powerful three-part documentary studying the US involvement in Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua. The differing factions - Sandinista leaders, Guatemalan campesinos, CIA operatives, Contras and US government apologists - are interviewed and, in the absence of a controlling narration, the audience is encouraged to draw its own conclusions.

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