Jorge Gaitan: The End Of A Colombian Dream
(2016, original release: 2010)
Nonfiction
eVideo
Details
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 54 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound
ISBN/ISSN
1142804
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
In Process Record
On April 9, 1948, despite strong social tensions, US general Marshall opens the 9th Pan-American conference in Colombia's capital Bogota. Jorge Gaitan, the popular opposition leader and fierce opponent to the Colombian oligarchy, is shot dead. The aftermath? Two days of riots that left 5,000 dead and a guerrilla war that we still know today
Title from title frames
Originally produced by Film Ideas in 2010
Mode of access: World Wide Web
In: English