Screening: Return to El Salvador

Submitted by Ramah on Mon, 07/26/2010 - 2:35pm
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Date: 
Sunday, September 19, 2010 - 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Location : 
DC

Busboys and Poets
1025 5th Street NW, Washington DC

Return to El Salvador documents the aftermath of a 12 year civil war and the interplay between the Salvadoran people and the US politics and policies that directly influence the Central American country. Narrated by Martin Sheen, the film features interviews by former US ambassador to El Salvador Robert White, and has been endorsed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

The film also outlines the disappearance of prominent mining activist Marcelo Rivera. While in El Salvador shooting principal photography, Moffett and his crew stumbled upon the disappearance of Rivera - he had been "disappeared" days prior to the filming of the documentary. Investigating further, our crew found more and more signs in this mysterious disappearance pointing towards the Vancouver-based Pacific Rim Mining Company. Eventually, as the film goes on to tell, Rivera's body was found - not by police, who had no information, but by his friends.

Find more information here.

Jamie Moffett, Director, Return to El Salvador, solutions@jamiemoffett.com