List of Films and Books about Nicaragua
Encyclopedia
Non fiction
- The Jaguar Smile; a Nicaraguan Journey, Salman Rushdie, Pan Books Ltd, 1987. ISBN 0-8050-5311-5
- Sandinista: Carlos FonsecaCarlos FonsecaFor the Brazilian boxer with the same name see Carlos Fonseca .Carlos Fonseca Amador was a Nicaraguan teacher and librarian who founded the Sandinista National Liberation Front...
and the Nicaraguan Revolution, Matilde Zimmermann, Duke University Press, 2001 - The Life and Death Of Ben Linder, Joan Kruckewitt, Seven Stories Press, 2001
- Nicaragua,Thomas W. Walker, Westview Press, 2003
- Nicaragua: Those Passed By, Vern P. Asleson, Galde Press ISBN 1-931942-16-1, 2004
- The Country Under My Skin: A Memoir of Love and War, Giaconda Belli, Anchor, 2003
- Breaking Faith: The Sandinista Revolution and Its Impact on Freedom and Christian Faith in Nicaragua, Humberto Belli, The Puebla Institute, 1985. ISBN 0-89107-359-0
- Blood of Brothers: Life and War in Nicaragua, Stephen Kinzer, The Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College, 2007. ISBN 978-0-674-02593-6
- Impurezas de la Democracia: La Conspiración de la Izquierda Continental, Eugenio Batres García, HISPAMER, 2006. ISBN 99924-57-80-5
- Capturing the Revolution: The United States, Central America, and Nicaragua, 1961-1972, Michael D. Gambone, Praeger Publishers, 2001.
- A Strange Silence: The Emergence of Democracy in Nicaragua, Stephen Schwartz, Institute for Contemporary Studies, 1992. ISBN 1-55815-071-4
- The Miskito Indians of Nicaragua, The Minority Rights Group, Report No. 79. ISBN 0-946690-59-6
- The Real Contra War: Highlander Peasant Resistance in Nicaragua, Timothy C. Brown, University of Oklahoma Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8061-3252-3
Fiction
- Bernardo and the Virgin: A Novel, Silvio Sirias, Northwestern University Press, 2005
- Meet Me Under the Ceiba, Silvio Sirias, Arte Publico Press, 2009
- Margarita, How Beautiful the Sea, Sergio Ramírez, Santillana USA, 2005
- The Mosquito Coast by Paul TherouxPaul TherouxPaul Edward Theroux is an American travel writer and novelist, whose best known work of travel writing is perhaps The Great Railway Bazaar . He has also published numerous works of fiction, some of which were made into feature films. He was awarded the 1981 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his...
Films
- WalkerWalker (film)Walker is a 1987 Acid Western film directed by Alex Cox. The film based on the life story of William Walker , the American filibuster who invaded Mexico in the 1850s and made himself President of Nicaragua shortly thereafter. It was written by Rudy Wurlitzer and scored by Joe Strummer, who also...
A film about William Walker, a 19th century soldier of fortune and ruler of Nicaragua. - Under FireUnder Fire (film)Under Fire is a 1983 political film set during the last days of the Somoza regime in 1979 Nicaragua. It stars Nick Nolte, Gene Hackman and Joanna Cassidy. The story is fictional, but was inspired by actual events, namely the murder of ABC reporter Bill Stewart by Somoza forces...
A film about the last days of SomozaAnastasio Somoza DebayleAnastasio Somoza Debayle was a Nicaraguan leader and officially the 73rd and 76th President of Nicaragua from 1 May 1967 to 1 May 1972 and from 1 December 1974 to 17 July 1979. As head of the National Guard, he was de facto ruler of the country from 1967 to 1979...
's rule. (Fictional story) - Carla's SongCarla's SongCarla's Song is a British movie directed by Ken Loach with screenplay by Paul Laverty.Set in 1987, it tells the story of the relationship between a Scottish bus driver, George Lennox and Carla , a Nicaraguan woman living in exile in Glasgow...
A film about the Sandinistas-ContrasContrasThe contras is a label given to the various rebel groups opposing Nicaragua's FSLN Sandinista Junta of National Reconstruction government following the July 1979 overthrow of Anastasio Somoza Debayle's dictatorship...
conflict. (Fictional, but highly political) - Nicaragua: A Nations Right to Survive. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJWNof0e2TM A 1983 documentary by John PilgerJohn PilgerJohn Richard Pilger is an Australian journalist and documentary maker, based in London. He has twice won Britain's Journalist of the Year Award, and his documentaries have received academy awards in Britain and the US....
. - Nicaragua Was Our HomeNicaragua Was Our HomeNicaragua Was Our Home is a 1986 documentary about the Miskito Indians of Nicaragua and their asserted persecution at the hands of the Nicaraguan government, filmed and produced by Lee Shapiro, a member of the Unification Church with funding from CAUSA International...
A documentary about repression of the Miskito Indians. - Pictures from a Revolution A 1991 documentary in which Susan MeiselasSusan MeiselasSusan Meiselas is an American documentary photographer. She has been associated with Magnum Photos since 1976 and a full member since 1980. Her works have been published in newspapers and magazines including The New York Times, The Times, Time, Geo and Paris Match...
returns to Nicaragua to seek out the people and places she'd photographed there in 1979, during the revolutionNicaraguan RevolutionThe Nicaraguan Revolution encompasses the rising opposition to the Somoza dictatorship in the 1960s and 1970s, the campaign led by the Sandinista National Liberation Front which led to the violent ousting of that dictatorship in 1979, and the...
. - Qué 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.
- Last Plane OutLast Plane OutLast Plane Out is a 1983 film directed by David Nelson, son of Ozzie and Harriet. It was based on journalist Jack Cox's experience in Nicaragua when it was ruled by dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle and his battle against insurgents.-Plot:American journalist Jack Cox covers the civil war in...
1983 film portraying Anastasio Somoza DebayleAnastasio Somoza DebayleAnastasio Somoza Debayle was a Nicaraguan leader and officially the 73rd and 76th President of Nicaragua from 1 May 1967 to 1 May 1972 and from 1 December 1974 to 17 July 1979. As head of the National Guard, he was de facto ruler of the country from 1967 to 1979...
in a positive light. - The Mosquito CoastThe Mosquito CoastThe Mosquito Coast is a 1986 American film directed by Peter Weir, based on the novel by Paul Theroux. The film stars Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, and River Phoenix. The film tells the story of a family that leaves the United States and tries to find a happier and simpler life in the jungles of...
by Peter WeirPeter WeirPeter Lindsay Weir, AM is an Australian film director. After playing a leading role in the Australian New Wave cinema with his films such as Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Last Wave and Gallipoli, Weir directed a diverse group of American and international films—many of them major box office...