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USA 2011 | 98 min. | Color
DVD NTSC | English and Spanish with Subtitles
Haskell Wexler, director of the classic MEDIUM COOL, presents his cut of LATINO: AMERICA’S SECRET WAR IN NICARAGUA. Shot during the Contra attacks on Sandinista Nicaragua, Eddie Guerrero (Robert Beltran) is a Chicano Green Beret officer who leaves his family in East LA to perform his duty as a Special Forces officer. His patriotic mission is complicated by his Latino pride, the necessity to be a part of a Secret War, and by his love for Marlena, a Nicaraguan woman (Annette Cardona).
Bonus Features:
- Spanish Subtitles - One on One with Haskell Wexler and Tim Rhys of MovieMaker Magazine
- Filmmaker Commentary - Production Gallery - 1986 Interview with Studs Terkel
DVD NTSC | English and Spanish with Subtitles
Haskell Wexler, director of the classic MEDIUM COOL, presents his cut of LATINO: AMERICA’S SECRET WAR IN NICARAGUA. Shot during the Contra attacks on Sandinista Nicaragua, Eddie Guerrero (Robert Beltran) is a Chicano Green Beret officer who leaves his family in East LA to perform his duty as a Special Forces officer. His patriotic mission is complicated by his Latino pride, the necessity to be a part of a Secret War, and by his love for Marlena, a Nicaraguan woman (Annette Cardona).
Bonus Features:
- Spanish Subtitles - One on One with Haskell Wexler and Tim Rhys of MovieMaker Magazine
- Filmmaker Commentary - Production Gallery - 1986 Interview with Studs Terkel