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Maria's Story

Maria's Story

★ 9.0/10•1991•53m•Documentary

A documentary portrait of love and survival in El Salvador's civil war.

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.

Monona Wali · Director

Pamela Cohen · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime53m
LanguageEN
Release DateJan 18, 1991

Actors

María Serrano

Self

Alma Martinez

Alma Martinez

María Serrano (voice)

Edward James Olmos

Edward James Olmos

José Serrano (voice)

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