Marcelo Rivera & El Salvador

Jamie Moffett (Another World is Possible) is following up his first documentary, The Ordinary Radicals, with a new film looking at the civil war in El Salvador that ended 17 years ago, Return to El Salvador. While filming for this project, he came across the story of Macelo Rivera, a teacher and activist who was killed, presumably, because of his work to stop mining in the area. Take a look:



Learn more here:

• Down the Well (I. Thompson, Philadelphia City Paper, 29 July '09)
• El Salvador: The Mysterious Death of Marcelo Rivera (C. Mychalejko, Upside Down World, 6 Aug '09)

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