Una bomba a punto de estallar

Panamá

1976 · ★ 8

Documentary on the Panamanian struggle for the rescue of the lands of the so-called Canal Zone, militarily occupied by the forces of the American army.

Paname: The Ghost of the Great Frenchman

2018

Ferdinand de Lesseps, known as “The Great Frenchman”, will embark in the greatest adventure of his life: To unite the Pacific and Atlantic oceans through a Canal in the Isthmus of Panama – without knowing that this will cost him his reputation, thousands of innocent lives and the biggest financial scandal of all time, up to that point: the famous “Scandal of Panama”. Today, the French capital is known as “Paname”.

The Panama Deception

1992 · ★ 7

This winner of the 1993 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature details the case that the 1989 invasion of Panama by the US was motivated not by the need to protect American soldiers, restore democracy or even capture Noriega. It was to force Panama to submit the will of the United States after Noriega had exhausted his usefulness.

Panama Canal

2011

On August 15th, 1914, the Panama Canal opened, connecting the world's two largest oceans and signaling America's emergence as a global superpower.

The Panama Canal Treaties: Son of Tiger and Mule

2025

In the year 2000 the United States returned the Panama Canal . To achieve this, the Torrijos-Carter Treaties were signed in 1977. There was a complex game of international diplomacy and intrigues . This is the story of the negotiations.

Mi pueblo habla, mi pueblo grita

1976

Documentary about the strike of March 1976 in the Panama Canal, promoted by the United States.

Para recordar a Lord Cobra

2000

Documentary about calypso signer Lord Cobra.

Un año después

1973

One year after the creation of the National Assembly of Community Representatives (1972), a new power structure established by the government, significant changes had taken place throughout the country. This documentary records the most important of these transformations, as well as the working methods of the Assembly. It follows the consultation tours organized by the Legislative Council, during which basic forms of grassroots organization are discussed at the community level. The film also draws a parallel between life in the countryside and in the city.

Canal Zone

1977 · ★ 7.2

Follow the people who live and work in the Panama Canal Zone and glimpse into both the operation of the Canal and the various governmental agencies — business, military, and civilian — related to the functioning of the Canal and the lives of the Americans in the zone. Features sequences of ships in transit, the work of special canal pilots, aspects of the civil government, work of the military, and the social, religious and recreational life of the Zonians.

Driven: A Short Film about Panamanian Passion

1991

Colorful portrait of a subculture on the verge of disappearing: the hot, uncomfortable school buses that for decades served as Panama’s primary form of public transportation, seen through the eyes of one of their drivers. The British filmmakers themselves gave the film its Spanish title, La fama.

Cuscú

"Why do I want to straighten my hair? Why have they made me believe that we should straighten our hair? These simple questions sparked a research that is now a counter-memory to the Panamanian history that has gone unquestioned for so long. This counter-memory was built by the hands of multiple Black women, friends who have found themselves in a similar situation."

Secret Life of the Rainforest

2012 · ★ 4

Join scientists, as they visit Barro Colorado Island in the centre of the Panama Canal, travelling deep into nature’s most stunning habitats.