The Panama Deception

1992
1h 31m

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George Bush and Manuel Noriega in The Panama Deception (1992)

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A film about the true reasons for the 1989 US invasion of Panama and big media complicity in these activities.A film about the true reasons for the 1989 US invasion of Panama and big media complicity in these activities.A film about the true reasons for the 1989 US invasion of Panama and big media complicity in these activities.

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7.5/10

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Won 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 1 nomination total

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Elizabeth Montgomery

Self - Narrator (English version)
(voice)

Maxwell Thurman

Self - Commander of Southern Command
(as Gen. Maxwell Thurman)

Pete Williams

Self - Pentagon Spokesman

Guillermo Ford

Self - Vice President of Panama

Michael Parenti

Self - Author and Professor

Mark Hertsgaard

Self - Author and Journalist

Valerie Van Isler

Self - International Journalist, WBAI

Ramsey Clark

Self - Former U.S. Attorney General

Humberto Brown

Self - Former Panamanian Diplomat

José de Jesús Martínez

Self - Author and Professor
(as Jose De Jesus Martinez)

Peter Kornbluh

Self - Senior Analyst: National Security Archive

Doug Vaughan

Self - Investigative Journalist

Robert Matthews

Self - New York University
(as Prof. Robert Matthews)

Peter Dale Scott

Self - Author and Professor

Gavrielle Gemma

Self - Director: Independent Commission of Inquiry

David MacMichael

Self - Former CIA Analyst

Sabina Virgo

Self - US National Labour Organizer

Ashton Bancroft

Self - President: Refugee Committee

Director
- Barbara Trent
Writer
- David Kasper
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10/10

Tells it like it is

What's surprising about Panama Deception is not the facts that it delivers, but that a film that reveals so much about US policy was allowed to win the Academy Award. The film's analysis of media bias is dead on, and its seamless corroboration of the true events of the Panama invasion are irrefutable. In addition to the in-depth analysis of the history of US intervention, the film accurately predicts the current US quagmire in Colombia. This film is a classic treatise on US foreign policy, and a great example of the necessity of true independent media.

sandin0
Aug 7, 2001
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Charles Rangel: You would think from the video clips that we have seen, that this whole thing was just a Mardi Gras, that the people in Panama were just jumping up and down with glee.