My Name is Panama

This winner of the 1993 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature details the case that the 1989 invasion of Panama by the US was motivated not by the need to protect American soldiers, restore democracy or even capture Noriega. It was to force Panama to submit the will of the United States after Noriega had exhausted his usefulness.

Runtime

1h 31m

Director

Barbara Trent

Cast

Elizabeth Montgomery, Michael Parenti, Carlos Cantú

Music producer Professor Angel Dust and his wife Kene are arrested at Panama airport on their way back to Barcelona. Their daughter is taken into custody by the local social services. Angel's brother Mauricio is in shock. Forced to park his life in Spain, he flies to Panama to take custody of his niece, find a lawyer and seek protectio...

Runtime

1h 19m

Director

Hector Herrera

INVASION is a documentary about the collective memory of a country. The invasion of Panama by the U.S in 1989 serves as an excuse to explore how a people remember, transform, and often forget their past in order to re-define their identity and become who they are today.

Runtime

1h 34m

Director

Abner Benaim

Cast

Rufina Alfaro, Rubén Blades, Rosa Isabel Lorenzo

A documentary feature film about the biggest global corruption scandal in history, and the hundreds of journalists who risked their lives to break the story.

Runtime

1h 40m

Director

Alex Winter

Cast

Elijah Wood, Bastian Obermayer, Katrin Langhans

In 2006, Panama's health system by mistake manufactured and distributed over 200 thousand bottles of common cold medication with a substance called diethylene glycol, used in the automobile industry and that caused massive poisoning, deaths, and serious diseases. The case involves companies from China, Spain and Panama. A LA DERIVA (AD...