Maria's Story (1990)
A documentary portrait of love and survival in El Salvador's civil war.
53 min
It is El Salvador, 1989, three years before the end of a brutal civil war that took 75,000 lives. Maria Serrano, wife, mother, and guerrilla leader is on the front lines of the battle for her people and her country. With unprecedented access to FMLN guerrilla camps, the filmmakers dramatically chronicle Maria's daily life in the war.
- Release date
- January 18, 1991
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Alma Martinez as Narrator
- Edward James Olmos as Narrator
- María Serrano as Self
Crew
- Pamela Cohen · Director
- Monona Wali · Director
- Pamela Cohen · Producer
- Catherine Ryan · Producer
- Todd Boekelheide · Composer
- John Knoop · Cinematographer
- Anita Clearfield · Editor
- Monona Wali · Editor