Nicaragua Was Our Home
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Nicaragua 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. The film features interviews with Miskito Indian people and some non-Miskito clergypeople who lived among them concerning actions of the government against them, including bombing of villages, shootings, and forced removal of people from their homes. It has been reported that the evacuations occurred after "attacks on communities and Sandinista border posts by Miskitus and ex-National Guardsmen operating out of Honduras" and that Miskito groups had formed anti-government guerrillas in the 1980s. The film was shown on some PBS stations and at the 1986 Sundance Film Festival
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Nicaragua
Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...
and their asserted persecution at the hands of the Nicaraguan government, filmed and produced by Lee Shapiro
Lee Shapiro
Lee Shapiro was an American documentary filmmaker. His one feature-length film, Nicaragua Was Our Home, was released in 1986. It was filmed in Nicaragua among the Miskito Indians who were then fighting against Nicaraguan government forces...
, a member of the Unification Church
Unification Church
The Unification Church is a new religious movement founded by Korean religious leader Sun Myung Moon. In 1954, the Unification Church was formally and legally established in Seoul, South Korea, as The Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity . In 1994, Moon gave the church...
with funding from CAUSA International. The film features interviews with Miskito Indian people and some non-Miskito clergypeople who lived among them concerning actions of the government against them, including bombing of villages, shootings, and forced removal of people from their homes. It has been reported that the evacuations occurred after "attacks on communities and Sandinista border posts by Miskitus and ex-National Guardsmen operating out of Honduras" and that Miskito groups had formed anti-government guerrillas in the 1980s. The film was shown on some PBS stations and at the 1986 Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...
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