Stories Set in El Salvador

A young boy in an effort to have a normal childhood in 1980s El Salvador is caught up in a dramatic fight for his life as he desperately tries to avoid the war which is raging all around him

A second-rate journalist from the US tries his luck in El Salvador during the military dictatorship in the 1980s.

A female attorney learns that her husband is really a marine officer awol for fifteen years and accused of murdering fifteen civilians in El Salvador. Believing her husband when he tells her that he's being framed as…

Black and white thriller with a social streak the energy of Amores perros and expressive music. A story about the life in the world of gangs whose soldiers know only one language – violence. Rape extortion brutal…

Romero is a compelling and deeply moving look at the life of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador who made the ultimate sacrifice in a passionate stand against social injustice and oppression in his county. This film…

A mother and daughter who fled violence in El Salvador must find their way back to each other after being separated at the U.S. border and detained in detention centers in different states.

Reflects a depressing and hopeless reality by following some of the members of "la dieciocho" the so-called 18th Street gang in a poor San Salvador neighborhood.