ROMERO (Full Film) - 1989 (1-Hour 46-Minutes) Starring Raul Julia as Archbishop Oscar Romero from El Salvador, who assassinated 33 years ago on March 24th, 1980. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hAdhmosepI
Romero is the true story of the catholic priest Archbishop Oscar Romero who lived in El Salvador during the political unrest in the 1980s. The government has launched a 'terror campaign' against the guerillas in an attempt to crush them. Archbishop Romero's protests against governments' actions is perceived as disloyalty. As an example to others, the government begins to destroy churches and murder priests. Despite persecution, Romero continues to speak out against the atrocities the government is committing against the people of El Salvador, until his untimely death. Based on a true story, Romero was assassinated on March 24th, 1980. In El Salvador in the late '70s, the wealthy few rule the impoverished many. To maintain the status quo against peasant insurgents and labor organizations, the military regime brutalizes the populace, in particular, rebels who espouse Marxism. Assassinations, executions, and disappearances become commonplace. When the Vatican elevates conservative Oscar Arnulfo Romero (Raul Julia <http://www.fandango.com/rauljulia/filmography/p36490> ) to archbishop, the military rulers believe he will quiet the masses and the activist priests who support them. "Blessed are the peacemakers," he will preach. At first, that is precisely what he does. But when soldiers thwart voters, shoot indiscriminately into crowds, torture dissidents, and kill a dedicated priest and friend of Romero, the archbishop condemns the regime in radio messages, rebukes quisling bishops, and leads a peasant march into a church occupied by soldiers. He also insults and defies the El Salvadoran president (Harold Cannon <http://www.fandango.com/haroldcannon/filmography/p237281> ), an iron-fisted general, who, ironically, has the same last name as the archbishop Romero, but is not related. The country by this time is in the throes of civil war. In 1980, when military death squads continue their reign of terror even though the government institutes so-called reforms, Romero continues to speak out, gaining international attention. The film then builds to its climax, a scene recreating the events of Monday, March 25, 1980, when Romero is saying mass for his recently deceased mother. Quote from Archbishop Oscar Romero <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000471/?ref_=tt_trv_qu> : I'd like to make an appeal in a special way to the men in the army. Brothers, each one of you is one of us. We are the same People. The farmers and peasants that you kill are your own brothers and sisters. When you hear the words of a man telling you to kill, think instead in the words of God, "Thou shalt not kill!" No soldier is obliged to obey an order contrary to the Law of God. In His name and in the name of our tormented people who have suffered so much, and whose laments cry out to heaven: I implore you! I beg you! I order you! Stop the repression! ROMERO was the first feature film from Paulist Pictures <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulist_Pictures> , known for the production of a long-standing television series called INSIGHT. It was directed by Australian filmmaker John Duigan <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Duigan> and produced by Paulist Pictures founder Father Ellwood (Bud) Kieser. Written by John Sacret Young <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0949722/> . Gabriel Yared <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Yared> composed the music for ROMERO. INSIGHT was my all-time favorite television program. I loved watching it and I always loved what Father Ellwood Kieser had to say! - Frank Dorrel Cast: <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000471/> Raul Julia as Archbishop Oscar Romero <http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0100581/> Richard Jordan <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0430151/> as Father Rutilio Grande Ana Alicia <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0019578/> as Arista Zelada Eddie Velez <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0892455/> as Lt. Columa Alejandro Bracho <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0102741/> as Father Alfonzo Osuña ... Tony Plana <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0686470/> as Father Manuel Morantes ... Harold Gould <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0332390/> as Francisco Galedo ... Lucy Reina <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0717903/> as Lucia ... Al Ruscio <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0750596/> as Bishop Estrada ... Tony Perez <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0673637/> as Father Rafael Villez ... Crew: * John Duigan <http://www.fandango.com/johnduigan/overview/p88386> - Director * Ellwood E. Kieser <http://www.fandango.com/ellwoodekieser/overview/p97358> - Producer * John Sacret Young <http://www.fandango.com/johnsacretyoung/overview/p117685> - Producer, Screenwriter * Lawrence Mortorff <http://www.fandango.com/lawrencemortorff/overview/p103621> - Producer * Frans Vandenburg <http://www.fandango.com/fransvandenburg/overview/p199608> - Editor * Gabriel Yared <http://www.fandango.com/gabrielyared/overview/p117558> - Composer (Music Score) * Geoff Burton <http://www.fandango.com/geoffburton/overview/p83658> - Cinematographer www.soaw.org Fr. Roy Bourgeois - SOA Watch Founder Born in Lutcher, Louisiana, Fr. Roy served as a Naval Officer for two years before entering the seminary of the Maryknoll Missionary Order. Ordained a Catholic priest in 1972, Roy went on to work with the poor of Bolivia for five years before being arrested and forced to leave the country, then under the repressive rule of dictator and SOA grad General Hugo Banzer. In 1980 Fr. Roy became involved in issues surrounding US policy in El Salvador after four US churchwomen--two of them friends of his--were raped and killed by Salvadoran soldiers. Roy became an outspoken critic of US foreign policy in Latin America. Since then, he has spent over four years in US federal prisons for nonviolent protests against the training of Latin American soldiers at Ft. Benning, Georgia. In 1990, Roy founded School of the Americas Watch. Read Fr. Roy's full bio here <http://www.soaw.org/about-us/soaw-council-staff/413> . 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