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Interview with Deborah Shaffer

BROADCAST: Feb. 26, 1988 | DURATION: 00:31:08

Digital audio not yet public.

Synopsis

Discussing the film "Fire from the Mountain," a biography of Omar Cabezas, a Nicaraguan politician and anti-Somaza agitator, with the film's producer and director Deborah Shaffer.

Details

Broadcast Date
Feb. 26, 1988

Physical Format
1 sound tape reel (ca. 55 min.) : 10 1/2 in.

Duration
31 minutes, 8 seconds

Digital Format
WAV

Ownership
The Chicago History Museum

Language
English

Topics

World History & Politics Film

People

Producers and Directors

Tags

WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) Shaffer, Deborah--Interviews Cabenzas, Omar Shaffer, Deborah. Fire from the mountain. Frente Sandinista de Liberacion Nacional. Guerrillas--Biography.--Nicaragua Women motion picture producers and directors--United States--20th century--Interviews Audiotapes. Radio programs. Shaffer, Deborah--Interviews. Cabenzas, Omar.

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