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Coverup : behind the Iran Contra Affair / an Empowerment Project production ; produced by Barbara Trent, Gary Meyer, David Kasper ; directed by Barbara Trent ; written by Eve Goldberg.

Format Video (DVD)
EditionUpdated September 2004.
Distribution Info [United States] : www.empowermentproject.org, 2004.
Description1 videodisc (76 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
North, Oliver.
Iran-Contra Affair, 1985-1990.
Military assistance, American--Iran.
Military assistance, American--Nicaragua.
DVD-Video discs.
United States--Politics and government --1981-1989.
Nicaragua--Politics and government --1979-1990.
United States--Foreign relations --Nicaragua.
Nicaragua--Foreign relations --United States.
Other author/creatorTrent, Barbara, film producer, film director.
Other author/creatorMeyer, Gary, film producer.
Other author/creatorKasper, David (Producer) film producer, editor of moving image work.
Other author/creatorGoldberg, Eve screenwriter, editor of moving image work.
Other author/creatorMontgomery, Elizabeth, 1933-1995, narrator.
Other author/creatorMeyer, Gary, director of photography.
Other author/creatorEmpowerment Project production company, film distributor.
Other author/creatorUnited States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan Opposition.
Other author/creatorUnited States. Congress. House. Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran.
Portion of title Behind the Iran Contra affair
Abstract An account of the first arms sale to Iran and the Reagan/Bush campaign's secret deal to torpedo Jimmy Carter in 1980. Discusses the shadow government of former CIA operatives, drug smugglers, top U.S. military personnel and others, and how their actions have impacted the course of history. Includes evidence of the history of CIA involvement in drug running from the Vietnam heroin era to the Central American cocaine epidemic. First-hand accounts of the bombing of the press conference in La Penca, Nicaragua, discussing who the assassins were and why American journalists were the real targets. Oliver North's plan to suspend the U.S. constitution and how it became a Reagan/Bush tool to protect an unpopular foreign policy.
General noteThis disc is a recorded DVD and may fail to play on some DVD players or drives.
General noteOriginally released in 1988.
CreditsMusic by Ruben Blades, Richard Elliot, Pink Floyd, Lou Reed ; camera, Gary Meyer ; editors, David Kasper, Eve Goldberg.
Performer Narrator, Elizabeth Montgomery.
Technical detailsDVD-R.
Genre/formFeature films.
Genre/formDocumentary films.
Genre/formDocumentary films.
Genre/formFeature films.

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