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1. Tiempo de Audacia

This documentary juxtaposes scenes of El Salvador's opposition factions, including U.S. government advisors and government troops, and guerrillas and their sympathizers.

2. The Houses Are Full of Smoke

A powerful three-part documentary studying the US involvement in Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua. The differing factions - Sandinista leaders, Guatemalan campesinos, CIA operatives, Contras and US government apologists - are interviewed and, in the absence of a controlling narration, the audience is encouraged to draw its own conclusions.

It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.

3. 1932: Scars of Memory (1932: Cicatriz de la memoria)

January 22, 1932. An unprecedented peasant uprising erupts in western El Salvador, as a group of Latino and indigenous peasants cut army supply lines, attack a military garrison, and take control over several towns. Retribution is swift. After three days, the army and militias move in and, in some villages, slaughter all males over age 12. Elsewhere, they summarily execute anyone suspected of having a link to the Communists. Over the next few weeks, 10,000 people are massacred.

4. El Salvador: The People Will Win (El Salvador: El pueblo vencerá)

The battle of El Salvador and its revolutionary history, from the time of the Spanish conquest and colonization, to the insurgency of the 80s, approached by a Puerto Rican filmmaker immersed in the conflict. Depicts a host of F.M.L.N. guerrillas marching forth from Monte Alzaco, the spiritual home of Salvadoran resistance.

It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.

5. One, the Story of a Goal (Uno, la historia de un gol)

In the early 1980s, at the beginning of what would become a 12-year-long civil war, El Salvador's talented football team was one national institution upon which both the left and the right could agree. When the team pulled off a stunning 1-0 upset against Mexico and qualified to compete in the 1982 World Cup, it was a high point for the tiny country's national pride. Unfortunately, the team's Cinderella story devolved into a nightmarish farce.

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

6. The Crazy Life (La vida loca)

Reflects a depressing and hopeless reality by following some of the members of "la dieciocho", the so-called 18th Street gang in a poor San Salvador neighborhood.

It has an average vote of 6.357 on TMDB.

7. Sou Carnaval de São Salvador (Sou Carnaval de São Salvador)

(Sou Carnaval de São Salvador)

8. The Tiger and the Deer (El tigre y el venado)

In El Salvador, Chelino tells about the indigenous massacre of 1932, of which he survived, while he teaches the melodies of traditional Salvadoran dances.

9. Selma - Ocupação Luisa Mahin (Selma - Ocupação Luisa Mahin)

(Selma - Ocupação Luisa Mahin)

10. Seeing El Salvador

This Traveltalk series short starts in San Salvador, El Salvador's capital, emphasizing the Spanish architectural heritage. We then go to the Izalco Volcano, which was created in 1770 by an eruption of the Santa Ana Volcano. The focus then shifts to the country's agriculture. The two main products are coffee and henequen, a plant with tough, fibrous leaves used to make rope, baskets, and other products.

11. Return to El Salvador

Return to El Salvador explores the reconstruction of El Salvador, post-civil war. The film revisits the struggles of the nation and examines what drives over 700 Salvadorans to flee their homeland each day, often risking their lives to illegally enter countries in search of a better life for their families. The film also profiles a number of Salvadorans effected by the civil war. One couple, who fled death threats in the 1980s, finds asylum and a political platform in the United States. The film also follows a different couple who, after escaping the war, returned to El Salvador to work with churches and poor communities.

12. Maria's Story

It is El Salvador, 1989, three years before the end of a brutal civil war that took 75,000 lives. Maria Serrano, wife, mother, and guerrilla leader is on the front lines of the battle for her people and her country. With unprecedented access to FMLN guerrilla camps, the filmmakers dramatically chronicle Maria's daily life in the war.

13. Topiltzin (Topiltzin)

An experimental short film about a day in the life of a barefoot boy who sells newspapers in San Salvador.

14. Casa Preta Zeferina (Casa Preta Zeferina)

Since November 2021, Casa Preta Zeferina has been building a space of welcome and struggle, helping women victims of violence in Salvador. Even without any funding, the militants were successful in occupying and resisting. In constant dialogue with the Santo Antônio community, the House counts on the people's help to continue carrying out its work. The documentary Casa Preta Zeferina shows the challenges and obstacles in building the House - but above all emphasizing its importance and the impact of popular power.

15. The Tiniest Place (El lugar más pequeño)

Years after the Salvadoran military destroyed the village of Cinquera in that country’s civil war, survivors have returned to rebuild their community. Soulful, beautifully rendered, this amazing debut is an evocative testament to place, memory and the power of life to rebound from tragedy.

It has an average vote of 8.2 on TMDB.

16. Little Birds (Pajaritos)

Through dances and games, migrant boys and girls who live in a shelter in Reynosa, on the US-Mexico border, shared their dreams and stories of hope with us.

17. Filha da Rua (Filha da Rua)

(Filha da Rua)

18. Cuerpos juzgados (Cuerpos juzgados)

(Cuerpos juzgados)

19. Ocupar e Resistir - O coração do Centro Histórico (Ocupar e Resistir - O coração do Centro Histórico)

(Ocupar e Resistir - O coração do Centro Histórico)

20. Be A Patriot, Kill A Priest

The war in El Salvador was the most cruel and bloody Latin America has ever seen. During that time of turmoil Latin American bishops created the famous preferential option for the poor, demanding justice, food and education in the name of the gospel. Using interviews and old footage, the film follows the civil war and the role of the Church in it. In 1977, after the murder of Father Rutilio Grande, the Archbishop Oscar Romero took a strong anti government position, broadcasting sermons over Radio Luz demanding that the government stop the repression. He could not understand why he was thought to be a follower of Karl Marx, when he knew "he followed only Jesus Christ." An inspiring film about people of faith who stood up against injustice.