- Overview
Portrait of a group of 150 U.S. citizens who spent two weeks participating in the cotton harvest in a remote village in Nicaragua, seeing for themselves the impact of the U.S.-backed Contra war.
- Release Date
01 September 1985
- DirectingRobbie Leppzer
- Budget
$20.00
- Revenue
$0.00
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