Americas in transition / Americas in Transition, Inc. ; producer and director, Obie Benz.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Benz, Obie, film director, film producer.

Asner, Edward, narrator.

Americas in Transition, Inc.

Icarus Films.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military relations.

Latin America--Politics and government--1948-1980.

Latin America.

Politics and government.

Latin America--Military relations--United States.

United States--Military relations--Latin America.

United States.

Dictators--Latin America.

Dictators.

Communism--Latin America.

Communism.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Short films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 streaming video file (29 min.) : digital, sound, color

polychrome

Other Title:

America in transition

Place of Publication:

[Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2015]

Language Note:

Closed captioning available.

System Details:

System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

video file

Summary:

Focuses on American military intervention in Nicaragua, Guatemala, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Chile, and El Salvador. Discusses the roots of dictatorship, its effects on citizens, movements toward majority rule, and communist influences.

Participant:

Narrator, Ed Asner.

Credits:

Editor, Judith Sobol ; music, Wendy Blackstone, Bernardo Palombo.

Notes:

Title from title frames.

Originally produced by: Americas in Transition, Inc., [1981]; previously released in 1982.

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed June 4, 2015).

Publisher Number:

if-ait Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.