Salvador

this film as Cristina states hypersexualizes salvadoran females and reinforces stereotypes about the salvadoran community. This film as cristina states is one of the films that best portrays the violence that people endured during this time, but as she states it has a lot of flaws- culture wise, reinforces stereotypes, and fails to focus on the political struggles and focuses more on the reporter who believes that El Salvador is his way out of the personal issues he is dealing with because the salvadoran society has little respect for themselves which is not at all true. Females are portrayed poorly in this film and i would invite people to watch it, but be highly critical of it.

this film as Cristina states hypersexualizes salvadoran females and reinforces stereotypes about the salvadoran community. This film as cristina states is one of the films that best portrays the violence that people endured during this time, but as she states it has a lot of flaws- culture wise, reinforces stereotypes, and fails to focus on the political struggles and focuses more on the reporter wh

The film does a good job of portraying an over the surface situation. The situation for Salvadorans was often much worse than what is portrayed. But i believe that this is one of the best films that overall portray the realities of what happened in el Salvador. Moreover, it also shows the United States involvement and how the US government invested in the death of many salvadoran citizens. The US government helped the right- I wish that the film would have actually shown the name ARENA instead of ARANA and that the mexican actors would have worked a bit harder on the way they carried themselves, the way they spoke, and the music that played not eh background at times. That gives a different vibe to the film, it changes the culture a bit. Although, the message is the most important- i also believe that what salvadorans had left during this time is who they were and how they carried themselves. The females were also portrayed as sexual objects, which i was not too happy with- but i understand that females are hypersexualized- i wish it would have conveyed a clearer message. During this time, the oligarchy and the US government as well as other US visitors were objectifying females and had no concern for what the people actually wanted. I am also happy to see that there were people that took action and although they did suffer like Boyle- US passports mean a privilege - You have a way out, but the US invades countries and prevents people that want a better and safe life from entering theirs. The double standards are also evidenced in this film and i appreciate that. It's an honest effort to be critical of the US and shows the consequences of US foreign policy.

Durn good political thriller.