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Nicaragua Was Our Home Directed by Lee Shapiro Release date(s) 1986 Nicaragua Was Our Home is a 1986 documentary about the Miskito Indians of Nicaragua and their asserted persecution at the hands of the Nicaraguan government, filmed and produced by Lee Shapiro, a member of the Unification Church with funding from CAUSA International. The film features interviews with Miskito Indian people and some non-Miskito clergypeople who lived among them concerning actions of the government against them, including bombing of villages, shootings, and forced removal of people from their homes.[1] It has been reported that the evacuations occurred after "attacks on communities and Sandinista border posts by Miskitus and ex-National Guardsmen operating out of Honduras"[2] and that Miskito groups had formed anti-government guerrillas in the 1980s.[3] The film was shown on some PBS stations[2][4] and at the 1986 Sundance Film Festival.[5]
References
- ^ ON 13, SANDINISTAS VS. MISKITOS, New York Times, July 29, 1986
- ^ a b How to Read the Reagan Administration: The Miskito Case
- ^ *Asleson, Vern, Nicaragua: Those Passed By, Galde Press ISBN 1-931942-16-1, 2004
- ^ Public TV Tilts Toward Conservatives, Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting
- ^ Sundance Film Festival: 1986, IMDB
External links
Categories:- Films sponsored by the Unification Church
- Unification Church and the arts
- American documentary films
- Films critical of communism and communists
- Documentary films about indigenous rights
- 1980s documentary films
- Political documentary film stubs
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