Romero's life documented in film and video
If you want to learn about Oscar Romero for the first time, or want to introduce a friend to the life of "San Romero de las Americas," video and film is one way to do it.
There is a documentary called Romero by Romero which has a lengthy trailer available on Youtube. The documentary contains archival footage of Oscar Romero ministering to the people of El Salvador and interviews with his contemporaries. It's a good new addition to the English language material available about Romero and his work:
Of course, the classic treatment of Romero's life in English is the well-known feature film Romero starring Raul Julia:
You can also search on YouTube for "Oscar Romero" and you will see a great number of Romero tribute videos of varying quality.
If you are in southeastern Wisconsin on Monday, March 22, you are invited to a screening of Romero as part of my El Salvador Movie Night series. The movie will be shown at 7:00 pm at St. John's Lutheran Church, 20275 Davidson Road, Brookfield, Wisconsin.
There is a documentary called Romero by Romero which has a lengthy trailer available on Youtube. The documentary contains archival footage of Oscar Romero ministering to the people of El Salvador and interviews with his contemporaries. It's a good new addition to the English language material available about Romero and his work:
You can also search on YouTube for "Oscar Romero" and you will see a great number of Romero tribute videos of varying quality.
If you are in southeastern Wisconsin on Monday, March 22, you are invited to a screening of Romero as part of my El Salvador Movie Night series. The movie will be shown at 7:00 pm at St. John's Lutheran Church, 20275 Davidson Road, Brookfield, Wisconsin.
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By the way, I just heard that the Texas board of education did not want to include Romero in the history books.
Once again, Thank you Tim.
http://www.elfaro.net/es/201003/video/1385/