From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: FRIDAY NIGHT VIDEOS: Central/Latin America
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Originator: daemon@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 08:05:22 GMT

FRIDAY NIGHT VIDEOS: Central/Latin America

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Note 10       RENT PANAMA iNVASiON ViDEO          
speakout@igc.org                                         12:06 am  Mar 20, 1991
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	  From the producers of the outstanding documentary
	      "Cover Up:  Behind the Iran-Contra Affair:
				   
		      The Empowerment Project's
		       Documentary in Progress
				   
			  INVASION OF PANAMA
				   

is now available to rent for group showings.  The video is 
excerpted from the works in progress.  Additional funding 
is needed to complete the film, and the Empowerment Project 
needs your help.  Your group can rent the video and sponsor 
a preview showing as both an educational and fundraising 
event.  The Project will share the funds raised with the 
sponsoring group(s).

For more information or to arrange video rentals, please 
contact the Southern California office of Speak Out! at: 
(619) 223-3219.  Or write:   Panama Video, c/o Speak Out!, 
P.O. Box 80847 San Diego, CA 92138.

Description follows.
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    "Big countries, with powerful military machines
     should not be permitted to invade, occupy and
     brutalize their peaceful neighbors."
             
                     -- Secretary of State James Baker
                        January 9, 1991, speaking about 
                        Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.

    "One of the goals of the operation -- to minimize 
     casualties and to minimize damage... But what you
     have to remember,...it was a war."

                     -- Pentagon Spokesman Pete Williams
                        August 1990, speaking about the
                        U.S. invasion of Panama.


Description of documentary in progress INVASION OF PANAMA:

There are urgent comparisons between the U.S. invasion of 
Panama and the Persian Gulf war.  _Invasion of Panama_ will
serve as a tool for analysis of the crisis in the Persian
Gulf.

Mainstream U.S. media reports of the Panama invasion were 
grossly distorted.  Most reports disregarded entirely the 
devastation and human rights violations which continue in 
Panama as the result of the U.S. military invasion.  We are 
presenting a veiw of the invasion which differs widely from 
that portrayed by the U.S. media, and are showing how, 
through a calculated plan of misinformation, the media 
became not only an instrument of censorship and deception, 
but an advocate of U.S. foreign policy during and following
the invasion.

Thousands, not hundreds, of Panamanians died in the attack.  
Many were executed and almost all of the bodies were 
disposed of in violation of the Geneva Conventions.  Five 
mass grave sights already have been uncovered and there are 
more.  Nearly 20,000 war refugees are living in Panamanian 
refugee camps, their neighborhoods having been destroyed.  
These men, women and children live in squalor.  The United 
States has neglected them and has done little to reconstruct 
their neighborhoods.

Thousands of professionals, labor organizers and activists 
have lost their jobs because they participated in the 
governing of their country during the 21 year period that 
Torrijos and Noriega were in power.  Hundreds have gone 
underground to escape arrest and political persecution.

The film shows that the invasion, involving 26,000 U.S. 
troops and enormous fire power (including the Stealth 
fighter) was not principally designed or intended to 
realize the four officially-stated goals: to apprehend 
Noriega, to protect American lives, to protect the canal, 
and to restore democracy to Panama.  Rather, the invasion's 
primary purposes were: to create an atmosphere and internal 
structure that would permit the United States to abrogate 
the Carter/Torrijos Treaty, ultimately allowing the 
military to maintain bases there after the year 2000; to 
improve George Bush's image by aggresively responding to 
the international embarrassment caused by Noriega's 
actions; and to neutralize the recent resurgance of 
Panamanian nationalism which had created problems for Bush.

The invasion was used to install officially a Panamanian 
government that would publicly support U.S. objectives and 
the invasion itself.  In addition, the Pentagon used the 
invasion as an opportunity to test out new weapons.

The film will also explain Noriega's long standing 
intelligence relationship with the United States.  Noriega 
was a key participant in an operation conducted in the 
early 1980s out of then Vice-President Bush's office, 
called Operation Black Eagle, which served to supply the 
U.S.-backed Contras via Israeli operatives, and employed 
drug traffickers to achieve its ends.

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Funding for _Invasion in Panama_ has been provided, in 
part, by Rhino Home Video, the J. Roderick MacArthur 
Foundation, the Rex Foundation, the Peace Development Fund, 
the National Council of Churches, the Vietnam Veterans of 
America Foundation, the Funding Exchange/Paul Robeson Fund 
for Film and Video, the Vanguard Public Foundation and 
filmmaker Michael Mooer.  Produced in association with 
Channel Four, London.

The Empowerment Project can be reaced at:  
1653 18th Street, Suite #3, Santa Monica, CA 90404. 
(213) 828-8807

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Note 59       New Video*El Salvador*Guate*Hondur  
redclyde@gn.UUCP                                          9:08 pm  Mar 13, 1992


    NEW VIDEO RESOURCE ON EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA AND HONDURAS

                            TESTIMONY

The people of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras speak for themselves

"a timely opportunity to witness the heroism of the Salvadoran people
and makes the link with the daily struggle in Guatemamala and
Honduras" - Victor Amaya, U.K. representative FMLN diplomatic
commission

"TESTIMONY" has just been completed.  Filmed in February 1991, it
illustrates that elections do not mean democracy in Central America.
It puts the peace process in the context of the history of human
rights abuse.

n in Quiche language.)
Running  time  is 30 minutes;

presented in three sections, by country.  There is a natural break
half way through so that discussion can be spread over two sessions.

The participants stress the effectiveness of international solidarity
and simple actions.  Their message is addressed to union, church and
human rights activists.

Amongst others it features:

- Indigenous widows continue 500 years of resistance.

- The doctor in a union run clinic.

- The mother who searches for her disappeared son. 

- The priest who runs a radio station.

- The journalist whose newspaper has been destroyed.

- The refugees rebuilding their lives after 11 years in exile.

- Representatives of union and popular organisations looking for
solidarity in Scotland.

These are the ordinary people behind the peace process whose struggle
for daily life is not considered newsworthy.  These are the people who
will have to reconstruct their countries when peace comes.

Their dignity and determination is an inspiration.
This video let's them speak to us directly.
They tell us we can make a difference.

Price including postage & packaging:    25.00 or US$40.00
PLEASE SPECIFY VERSION: ENGLISH/SPANISH & PAL/NTSC

Make cheques payable to: Scotland El Salvador Solidarity.
Send to and for further details contact:
            West of Scotland Central America Network
             P.O. Box 18, Glasgow G2 2UE. Scotland.


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Note 181      el salvador peace accords video     
elrescate@igc.org                                        10:40 am  Jun 11, 1992

	    RThe FMLN Flies In With PeaceS

A new 30 minute video    -	raw and exciting !
(available in English or Spanish)

A historic moment captured for you on video!
See the events at the start of the ceasefire in El Salvador this 
year.    Get a behind-the-scenes look at
Ferman Cienfuegos...Schafik Handal...Roberto Roca...Joaquin 
Villalobos...Leonel Gonzales and many more of the leadership of 
the FMLN as they fly to San Salvador on the Mexican 
presidential jet the day before the February 1st ceasefire. 
This unique video captures -

*the excitement on that historic flight, including  interviews.. 

*The triumphant crowds with bouquets and red banners at the 
   airport.

* The high-speed cavalcade of U.N. vehicles transporting the 
   Comandancia General into San Salvador. 

*All sides of the conflict sitting down together at the 
inauguration  
   of COPAZ, the Commission for the Consolidation of Peace, 
   including highlights of VillalobosU and otherUs speeches. 

*The huge crowds at the Plaza Civica when the FMLN leaders 
and some of their troops celebrate the beginning of peace on 
  February 1st 1992.

To buy this unique and historic video make a $20 check out to 
El Rescate, mark it TvideoU and send it  with your address to: 
		El Rescate/Video
		1340 South Bonnie Brae,
		Los Angeles, CA 90006

	[Please specify English or Spanish version]

Proceeds from the sale of this remarkable  video will go to El 
RescateUs community center project and material aid to El 
Salvador.


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Note 69       NEW VIDEO ON AIDS IN CUBA           
kwald@igc.org                                             6:26 pm  Jul  6, 1990

Subject: NEW VIDEO ON AIDS IN CUBA

NEW VIDEO ON AIDS IN CUBA AVAILABLE!!

WORKING TITL::LIVING WITH AIDS IN CUBA"
NEW HORIZONS VIDEO
KAREN WALD, DAVID BEATON, IVAN AROCHA

This video explores the highly controversial policy Cuba has been
following to control the AIDS epidemic from the unique perspective
of the people with AIDS and HIV.

Karen Wald is an American journalist who has written about Cuba
for the last 21 years and has lived there with her children as a
foreign correspondent since 1982. She began writing about AIDS in
Cuba in 1987, and decided to branch into video after her first
visit to the AIDS sanitorium in Santiago de las Vegas in 1989.

David Beaton is an independent video producer who works with the
Chicago community organization "Fair Share". He has visited Cuba
several times, and was filming interviews in Cuba in December 1989
when Wald approached him about doing a video on AIDS.

Ivan Arocha is a Cuban film editor and artist who works at the
Cuban Film Institute ICAIC.

The speakers in this documentary are the real-life patients at the
sanitorium, their families, plus the directors of the sanitorium
and the National Center for Sex Education.

The video is still in the production stage while the producers try
to scrape up the money for more editing-room time.  You can order
advance copies of the 40-minute video (approx. running time--
final version may be slightly longer) and thereby help contribute
to its completion by sending a check to

David Beaton, New Horizons Video c/o All Chicago City News
  1140 West Montrose
   Chicago, Illinois 60613

Individual price $35.  Institutions $50.

If you have further questions you can contact David Beaton by
telephoning at 312-489-5996, faxing 312-275-6132, or via EMail on
PeaceNet to account jratner, attention David Beaton or Karen
Wald.


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Note 131      Video: Living w/AIDS in Cuba        
crosenberg@igc.org                                        3:25 pm  Apr  3, 1992

From: Charlie Rosenberg <crosenberg>
Subject: Video: Living w/AIDS in Cuba

Living with AIDS In Cuba

A 40 minute video tape which explores Cuba's
controversial sanitorium policy surrounding HIV
infection and AIDS.  The issues are examined through
the experiences and testimony of doctors, patients,
and families.   

M.I.T.  Building 4, Room 231
Thursday,  April 9, 1992	7:00 p.m.

Cambridge, Massachusetts


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