Escuchemos a las mujeres 1988
A poetic dissection of the role of women in post-revolutionary Nicaraguan society.

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The Ghost of War 1988    star_border 5
In this political thriller, Reynaldo, a young dancer from a resort area on Nicaragua's Caribbean coast, deserts his career to join his nation's fight against the American-backed Contras. Wartime footage is interspersed with dance scenes, including one notable break-dancing demonstration at a discotheque. Despite its heavy political theme, this Spanish-language war drama also features a romantic subplot.

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Rte.: Nicaragua (Carta al mundo) 1984

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Guardian of the People's Happiness 1983
A propaganda film dealing with the training and purpose of the Sandinista police force. Dramatized cases of crimes and their solutions serve to illustrate its crime-solving capabilities.

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History of a Committed Cinema 1983
History of a Committed Cinema is a primer for the Nicaraguan audience to what they are watching on the screen. A critique of Western & Hollywood cinema, it outlines the difficult technical, cinematic, and political tasks confronting INCINE (Instituto Nicaragüense de Cine) as it strives to build a native film industry.

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Alsino and the Condor 1982    star_border 5.2
Alsino, a boy of 10 or 12, lives with his grandmother in a remote area of Nicaragua. He's engulfed in the war between rebels and government troops when a US advisor orders the army to open a staging area by the boy's hamlet. Alsino tries to be a child, climbing trees with a girl, looking through his grandfather's trunk of mementos and trying to fly; he goes to town to sell a saddle, has his first drink and is taken to a brothel. But the war surrounds him. The US advisor takes Alsino on a chopper flight, but he's unimpressed. The soldiers' cruelties awake rebel sympathies in Alsino, and after an army assault backfires, the lad is fully baptized into the conflict.

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Gracias a Dios y a la Revolución 1981
A documentary on the role of the Catholic Church during the Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua, it shows clergy members serving as government officials, and parishioners who testify to the inspirational and unifying force of Christianity in the national reforms.

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The Uprising 1980    star_border 4
This movie is about the liberation by the Sandinistas of the Anastasio Somoza regime in NIcaragua. The movie covers some of te key points in the fight for León, a city close to the capital Managua, and the first liberated territory. Many of the inhabitants of León who participated in the guerrilla and members of the sandinista army participated in the film.

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Noticiero 1 : Nacionalización de las minas 1979
First sandinist noticiero

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