List of books and films about Nicaragua

This is a list of films, books, etc about Nicaragua.

Books

Non fiction

• The Jaguar Smile; a Nicaraguan Journey, Salman Rushdie, Pan Books Ltd, 1987. ISBN 0-8050-5311-5
• Sandinista: Carlos Fonseca and the Nicaraguan Revolution, Matilde Zimmermann, Duke University Press, 2001
• The Life and Death Of Ben Linder, Joan Kruckewitt, Seven Stories Press, 2001
• Nicaragua,Thomas W. Walker, Westview Press, 2003
• Nicaragua: Those Passed By, Vern P. Asleson, Galde Press ISBN 1-931942-16-1, 2004
• The Country Under My Skin: A Memoir of Love and War, Giaconda Belli, Anchor, 2003
• Breaking Faith: The Sandinista Revolution and Its Impact on Freedom and Christian Faith in Nicaragua, Humberto Belli, The Puebla Institute, 1985. ISBN 0-89107-359-0
• Blood of Brothers: Life and War in Nicaragua, Stephen Kinzer, The Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College, 2007. ISBN 978-0-674-02593-6
• Impurezas de la Democracia: La Conspiración de la Izquierda Continental, Eugenio Batres García, HISPAMER, 2006. ISBN 99924-57-80-5
• Capturing the Revolution: The United States, Central America, and Nicaragua, 1961-1972, Michael D. Gambone, Praeger Publishers, 2001.
• A Strange Silence: The Emergence of Democracy in Nicaragua, Stephen Schwartz, Institute for Contemporary Studies, 1992. ISBN 1-55815-071-4
• The Miskito Indians of Nicaragua, The Minority Rights Group, Report No. 79. ISBN 0-946690-59-6
• The Real Contra War: Highlander Peasant Resistance in Nicaragua, Timothy C. Brown, University of Oklahoma Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8061-3252-3

Fiction

• Bernardo and the Virgin: A Novel, Silvio Sirias, Northwestern University Press, 2005
• Meet Me Under the Ceiba, Silvio Sirias, Arte Publico Press, 2009
• Margarita, How Beautiful the Sea, Sergio Ramírez, Santillana USA, 2005
• The Mosquito Coast by Paul Theroux

Films

• Walker A film about William Walker, a 19th century soldier of fortune and ruler of Nicaragua.
• Under Fire A film about the last days of Somoza's rule. (Fictional story)
• Carla's Song A film about the Sandinistas-Contras conflict. (Fictional, but highly political)
• Nicaragua: A Nations Right to Survive. [1] A 1983 documentary by John Pilger.
• Nicaragua Was Our Home A documentary about repression of the Miskito Indians.
• Pictures from a Revolution A 1991 documentary in which Susan Meiselas returns to Nicaragua to seek out the people and places she'd photographed there in 1979, during the revolution.
• Qué viva Mauricio Demierre/Y también la revolucion A 2006 documentary by Stéphane Goël about a Swiss cooperant who was murdered by the contras during the revolution.
• Last Plane Out 1983 film portraying Anastasio Somoza Debayle in a positive light.
• The Mosquito Coast by Peter Weir

References