Americas in Transition (1982)

Americas in Transition provides a concise and fastpaced 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 US 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 US role in Latin American politics Americas in Transition remains the best introduction to US relations with Latin America and the underlying causes of unrest there 1981 Academy Award Nominee Best Short Documentary