White Dresses

Ana Coyne Alonso

United States of America / 1996 / Documentary / 33’0”I9700156

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SYNOPSIS

In 1990, Nicaragua held a presidential election and the world watched. Pitted against the young revolutionary Daniel Ortega - then in power - was Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, a grey-haired grandmother on crutches. He wore red, she wore white and won.

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