I came across the trailer for Las Sandinistas a few years back after I heard about these revolutionary women in a class and was searching for more information wherever I could find it. The movie was not out for viewing at the time but the trailer really stuck in my brain. Last year I finally got a chance to watch Las Sandinistas and since then it has once again become ... stuck in my brain.
As it tells the incredible story of the female leaders of the Nicaraguan Revolution, this documentary not only recounts the experiences of these powerful women, but conveys through the screen their revolutionary spirit. The lives of these women are themselves astounding, and that alone could make the documentary ands its story better than any fiction. However, combined with expert filmmaking, Las Sandinistas has the power to capture you with the spirit of the Sandinistas. The music, the editing, and the incredible storytelling come together to revive the revolutionary 70/80s through the eyes of these women.
Of course, the documentary also speaks to the modern day and the sad fate of Nicaragua. It shows these how these powerful women continue to resist in the modern day, and gives the chilling reminder that in many ways their struggles continue (in a large part thanks to the United States).
In every sense, as it recounts important and haunting history, tells an incredible human story, and revives an (arguably) lost revolutionary spirit, Las Sandinistas will make you want to raise as fist.
As it tells the incredible story of the female leaders of the Nicaraguan Revolution, this documentary not only recounts the experiences of these powerful women, but conveys through the screen their revolutionary spirit. The lives of these women are themselves astounding, and that alone could make the documentary ands its story better than any fiction. However, combined with expert filmmaking, Las Sandinistas has the power to capture you with the spirit of the Sandinistas. The music, the editing, and the incredible storytelling come together to revive the revolutionary 70/80s through the eyes of these women.
Of course, the documentary also speaks to the modern day and the sad fate of Nicaragua. It shows these how these powerful women continue to resist in the modern day, and gives the chilling reminder that in many ways their struggles continue (in a large part thanks to the United States).
In every sense, as it recounts important and haunting history, tells an incredible human story, and revives an (arguably) lost revolutionary spirit, Las Sandinistas will make you want to raise as fist.