Women in arms

Duration: 59

Year Published: 1980

Creator: Hudson River Productions

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: This documentary, filmed in Nicaragua after the overthrow of the Somoza dictatorship by the Sandinist National Liberation Front, examines the contributions made by women in the struggle against Somoza and in the reconstruction process which is changing Nicaraguan society in basic ways. Through women's eyes, the film focuses on a wide range of related topics from the family to the revolutionary mass organizations to the new Sandinist Popular Army.