The start of the documentary presents the Nicaraguan society with a community type spirit, giving off a festival type atmosphere. There is local-type music, and people present from all walks of life. They all seem to be happy, and the Sandanistan military is shown very briefly. Suddenly, this mood is juxtaposed with footage from a Nicaraguan mass funeral, which outlines the extreme differences in the Nicaraguan society. It becomes apparent that this conflict has political roots, and the viewer questions the motives of the enemy to the people at the funeral. The crowd is chanting "no pasaran" which translated means "no entry." Later in the documentary, it becomes apparent that the Nicaraguan's do not want American control of their county as a "puppet." A low camera angle

The Contras are also brought across to be the same way as the National Guard. Along with the National Guard, the Contras appear controlled by the United States. They receive supplies from them, and these are shown liberally, such as the heavy weaponry. Contrast this with the light armaments shown to be used by the Sandanistas, and this seems an unfair match. This reflects upon the United States as an aggressive and unfair empire. The documentary shows a demolished bridge, and the Contras are put to the blame. The bridge was an important transfer link for Nicaraguan villagers. An interview follows of some peasants, a husband, his wife and their baby. To the viewer they seem innocent and defenceless. They live in poverty and it is revealed that all they did was support the Sandanistan ideology. This sets up the Contras further as selfish, uncaring and ignorant. Because the United States supports the Contras, this connects the brutal persecutions of the innocent by the long hand of United States influence. But why is the United States so interested in crushing the Sandanistan "threat?"

The reason is established in a press conference footage reel of president Reagan stating that the United States is only interested in the Nicaraguan state of affairs because it is so close to a major United States trading route, the Panama Canal. Immediately, the viewer is thinking just how ignorant and selfish the United States appears to be. For this reason, Reagan can be represented as the president of capitalism. He does not consider Nicaragua as an actual country. During the Reagan speech, Bradbury presents a map of the whole of North and South America, from Cape York to northern Canada. It zooms in to show Nicaragua, emphasising how small and surrounded it is. Truly, the United States only occupies a much smaller amount of land, but has been exaggerated in this way to give the impression that Nicaragua is being crushed, which causes sympathy from the viewer.

shot of a soldier is seen in a stance which indicated to the viewer that the Nicaraguan people would prefer to protest by passive means rather than

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