Americas in Transition (1982)

Name: Americas in Transition
Director: Obie Benz
Released: 1982-10-01
Duration: 29 min
Cast: Edward Asner

29m

Directed by Obie Benz Starring Edward Asner

Release Date 01 Oct 1982

About Americas in Transition Movie

Americas in Transition (1982) is a Movie. It is directed by Obie Benz. The cast includes Edward Asner. Americas in Transition provides a concise and fast-paced history of the volatile forces that rocked Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua in the 1970s and 1980s. Drawing on interviews with the Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes, former CIA director Lyman Kirkpatrick, former U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador Murat Williams, and Maryknoll missioner Peggy Healy, the film examines the roots of dictatorship, attempts at democracy, communist influences, and the U.S. role in Latin American politics. Americas in Transition remains the best introduction to U.S. relations with Latin America, and the underlying causes of unrest there. 1981 Academy Award Nominee, Best Short Documentary.