Roque Dalton, fusilemos la noche! = Roque Dalton, let's shoot the night! / producción, Kinoki, Witcraft Szenario OG ; dirreción, Tina Leisch.

It was once illegal to read books by Roque Dalton, one of El Salvador's most celebrated poets, in his own country. A descendant of legendary outlaws the Dalton Gang, he devoted his life to the cause of socialist revolution in Latin America - leading ultimately to his murder at age 39, in 1975. Roque...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Icarus Films
Kinoki (Firm)
Witcraft Szenario (Firm)
Other Authors: Borja, Francisco Alberto (Actor)
Leisch, Tina (Documentary filmmaker) (Film director, Editor of moving image work, Film producer, director of photography,)
Ramírez Zelaya, Juan Rafael (Actor)
Wolschlager, Ursula, 1969-
Language:Spanish
English
Language and/or Writing System:
In Spanish with English subtitles.
Published: [Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2016]
Subjects:
Dalton, Roque, > 1935-1975.
Assassination > Investigation > El Salvador.
Authors, Salvadoran > 20th century > Biography.
Political persecution > El Salvador.
Political poetry, Salvadoran > History and criticism.
Revolutionary poetry, Salvadoran > History and criticism.
State-sponsored terrorism > El Salvador > History.
El Salvador > History > 1944-1979.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Genre:
Biography.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Alexander Street)
Physical Description:1 streaming video file (85 min.) : digital, sound, color
Variant Title:
Roque Dalton, let's shoot the night! [Parallel title]
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
It was once illegal to read books by Roque Dalton, one of El Salvador's most celebrated poets, in his own country. A descendant of legendary outlaws the Dalton Gang, he devoted his life to the cause of socialist revolution in Latin America - leading ultimately to his murder at age 39, in 1975. Roque Dalton, let's shoot the night! looks back on the life of this key figure in the movement resisting military dictatorship in El Salvador, and sheds new light on the circumstances of his death.
Note:Originally produced by: Kinoki/Witcraft, ©2013 ; previously released in 2015.
Title from title frames.
Call Number:F1488.42.D3 R67 2016
Credits:Concept, Erich Hacki, Tina Leisch ; directors of photography, Gerald Kerkletz, Tina Leisch ; editing, Karina Ressler, Tina Leisch ; animation/graphics, Nick Prokesch ; producers, Tina Leisch, Ursula Wolschlager.
System Details:Mode of access: World Wide Web.
System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
Participant or Performer:
Actors, Francisco Alberto Borja, Juan Rafael Ramírez Zelaya ; voices, Carlos Díaz, Daniel Langbein.
Source of Description:
Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed June 16, 2016).