The Panama Deception

Infobox Film
name = The Panama Deception


caption =
director = Barbara Trent
producer =
writer = David Kaspar
starring =
music = Chuck Wild
cinematography = Manuel Becker
Michael Dobo
distributor =
released = flagicon|USA 31 July 1992
runtime = 91 min.
country = USA
awards =
language = English
budget =
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website =
amg_id = 1:37153
imdb_id = 0105089

"The Panama Deception" is a controversial documentary film that won the 1992 Academy Award for Documentary Feature. The film is critical of the actions of the US military during the 1989 invasion of Panama by the United States, covering the conflicting reasons for the invasion and the depicting of the US media as biased. It was directed by Barbara Trent of the Empowerment Project and was narrated by actress Elizabeth Montgomery.

One of the many allegations made by the film is that the United States tested some form of laser or energy weapon during the invasion. The film also includes footage of mass graves uncovered after the US troops had withdrawn, and depicts some of the 20,000 refugees who fled the invasion.

External links

*imdb title|id=0105089|title=The Panama Deception
* [http://www.empowermentproject.org/pages/panama.html Website about the film]

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title=Academy Award for Documentary Feature
years=1992
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