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July 27, 2011 by Jim Spickard.
Film Info: “Thank God and the Revolution” (1981) – 57 minutes
Distributor: ???????????? (formerly Icarus Films, but it’s not in their current catalog)
Summary: Outstanding illustration of many theories about the role of religion in social change in Nicaragua. It includes Liberation Theology, base Christian communities, a brief historical background, and interviews with people from all strata of society – rural villagers to cabinet officials. The folk hymns in the soundtrack are moving.
Film notice taken (with permission) from the “Teaching Resources” list in Meredith McGuire’s Religion: The Social Context, third edition. Her 5th edition (available from Waveland Press: see www.religionthesocialcontext.com) does not contain the resource list. I have only traced some of these films to current distributors. Please post updated information about them, if you have it. – JS
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July 27, 2011 by Jim Spickard.
Film Info: “Romero” (1989) – Directed by John Duigan, starring Raul Julia – 105 minutes
Distributor: Available from Amazon (www.amazon.com)
Summary: Feature film based on the story of Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero, 1980 victim of a political assassination.
Film notice taken (with permission) from the “Teaching Resources” list in Meredith McGuire’s Religion: The Social Context, third edition. Her 5th edition (available from Waveland Press: see www.religionthesocialcontext.com) does not contain the resource list. I have only traced some of these films to current distributors. Please post updated information about them, if you have it. – JS
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