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Bread and dignity : open letter from Nicaragua / Faust Film y Instituto Nicaraguense de Cine.
LIBRA VHS F1527 .B74 1983
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- As women see it
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Somoza, Anastasio, 1896-1956.
- Somoza, Anastasio.
- Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional.
- Nicaraguans--Interviews.
- Nicaraguans.
- Women--Nicaragua--Social conditions.
- Women.
- Interviews.
- Nicaragua.
- Social conditions.
- Nicaragua--Politics and government--1937-1979.
- Politics and government.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- Other Title:
- Open letter from Nicaragua
- Pan y dignidad
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Women Make Movies [distributor], 1983.
- System Details:
- VHS - NTSC.
- analog
- magnetic
- VHS
- NTSC
- Summary:
- Combining historic newsreel footage with contemporary interviews, the film reviews Somoza's rule in Nicaragua and the events leading to the 1979 Sandinista revolution. It then deals with the recovery effort: literacy, women's employment, and women's involvement in the defense of the country.
- Credits:
- Producer/director, Maria Jose Alvarez.
- Notes:
- Title on cassette label and container: Bread and dignity (Pan y dignidad)
- Originally produced in 1982.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.
- OCLC:
- 63593225
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