![]() ![]() military entrance into Panamanian territory. The film’s central thesis is that Noriega was demonized in the American media in order to rally public support for what was, in effect, a deliberately provocative U.S. ![]() involvement in the region, in which a system of racial apartheid similar to the American Deep South was instituted, the film works its way up to Manuel Noriega-who was on the CIA payroll since the 1960s before, according to the film, his power became inexpedient to the Pentagon. The straight-ahead, no-nonsense filmmaking lays out simply and forcefully the case against the “official” version of the 1989 U.S. Shot on video and transferred to film, there’s nothing glossy or high-tech about “The Panama Deception,” which was directed by Barbara Trent and written and edited by David Kasper. “The Panama Deception,” opening today at the NuWilshire, is a production of the Santa Monica-based Empowerment Project, which previously released “Destination Nicaragua” and “COVERUP: Behind the Iran Contra Affair.” Together, these films constitute an ongoing indictment of alleged mainstream American media complicity in the foreign policy objectives of the Pentagon. The air is particularly thick with charges of political evasion and duplicity-which is manna for the muckraker. ![]() Presidential election years are always auspicious times for the release of muckraking documentaries. ![]()
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