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The Panama Deception

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Filmmaker Barbara Trent ties the 1989 invasion to Manuel Noriega, the CIA and U.S. policy since 1903.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader 06/02/2022
3/4
The Panama Deception makes us acutely aware of the wider problem of evaluating any information we get in the news... Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy Variety 10/06/2006
B+
Forceful condemnation of the Reagan-Bush policy in Panama, especially after the 1989 invasion. Relavent message--a total dismissal of the officual story--and timeley release in election year increased the visibility of docu, which won the Oscar Award. Go to Full Review
Dan Lybarger Nitrate Online 05/29/2003
5/5
A sobering look at how Noriega went from the US payroll to jail. Go to Full Review
Enrique Buchichio Uruguay Total 03/11/2003
4/5
A revelatory documentary Go to Full Review
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Leaburn O Feb 16 One of the best Oscar winning documentaries. US foreign policy is often so insidious that it tarnishes the whole nation. Ironically it’s the same nation that can produce such worthy investigative reporting. Go figure. Watched on YouTube. See more georgan g 01/16/2023 Another sad example of why most of the world hates the US. GOP brutal politics of illegal war to continue US control explain the checkered past in Panama. Well written documentary shows exactly what happened there. See more 06/09/2014 A must see for anyone traveling in the region. See more 09/12/2013 A very dry, step by step account of our relationship with Panama & the ultimate breakdown of those relations leading to our ousting of Noriega. It plays as a basic news report. See more 04/09/2013 The most uplifting scenes in this story of mass murder are those of the loving care Panamanians gave to reburying their loved ones in proper caskets after discovering fifteen civilian mass graves created by US military bulldozers. See more 02/08/2012 Marvellous documentary about the Panama invasion by the United States and the role that the U.S. had in propping up Noriega beforehand. Unfortunately, it relevant only to the historians now. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Filmmaker Barbara Trent ties the 1989 invasion to Manuel Noriega, the CIA and U.S. policy since 1903.
Director
Barbara Trent
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 31, 1992, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Sep 25, 2007
Runtime
1h 31m