This is a list of books and films about
Nicaragua
Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the geographically largest Sovereign state, country in Central America, comprising . With a population of 7,142,529 as of 2024, it is the third-most populous country in Central America aft ...
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Walker'' A film about
William Walker, a 19th-century soldier of fortune and ruler of Nicaragua.
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Under Fire'' A film about the last days of
Somoza's rule. (Fictional story)
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Back from Nicaragua'' A 1984 film by Julio Emilio Moliné featuring Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, and Holly Near.
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Carla's Song'' A film about the
Sandinistas–
Contras conflict. (Fictional, but highly political)
* ''Nicaragua: A Nation's Right to Survive'
A 1983 television documentary by
John Pilger.
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Nicaragua Was Our Home'' A documentary about repression of the
Miskito Indians.
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Pictures from a Revolution'' A 1991 documentary in which
Susan Meiselas returns to Nicaragua to seek out the people and places she'd photographed there in 1979, during the
revolution
In political science, a revolution (, 'a turn around') is a rapid, fundamental transformation of a society's class, state, ethnic or religious structures. According to sociologist Jack Goldstone, all revolutions contain "a common set of elements ...
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Que viva Mauricio Demierre/Y también la revolucion'' A 2006 documentary by
Stéphane Goël about a Swiss cooperant who was murdered by the contras during the revolution.
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Last Plane Out'' 1983 film about the last days of
Somoza's rule.
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The Mosquito Coast'' by
Peter Weir
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Sandino (1990)'' by
Miguel Littín
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Kill the Messenger (2014 film)'' by
Michael Cuesta
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From the Ashes: Nicaragua Today'' by
Helena Solberg
See also
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Bibliography of Nicaragua
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List of Nicaraguan films
References
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