Nicaragua Part 1: Voyages (1985)

overview : Composed of stills by renowned Magnum photographer Susan Meiselas taken in 1978 and 1979 during the overthrow of the fifty-year dictatorship of the Somoza family. Written in the form of a letter from Meiselas to Karlin, it is a ruminative and often profound exploration of the ethics of witnessing, the responsibilities of war photography and the politics of the still image.

Release Date : Oct 14, 1985

Runtime : 43m

Genre : Documentary  

Companies : Channel 4 Television, Lusia Films

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Keywords : revolution, socialism, nicaragua