Washington, D.C. Film Festival
- Salvador - Special 20th Anniversary Screening
- Director: Oliver Stone
Feature Film. 1986. USA. 123 min. English and Spanish, Subtitled.
Academy Award Nominee: Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen, Oliver Stone and Rick Boyle
Academy Award Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role, James Woods
Starring James Woods, James Belsuhi, and John Savage.
A journalist, down on his luck in the US, drives to El Salvador to chronicle the events of the 1980 military dictatorship, including the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero. He forms an uneasy alliance with both guerillas in the countryside who want him to get pictures out to the US press, and the right-wing military, who want him to bring them photographs of the rebels. Meanwhile he has to find a way of protecting his Salvadorean girlfriend and getting her out of the country.
- Showings
Saturday, September 16 at 7:00pm – National Geographic Society Headquarters
Courtesy of Oliver Stone
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