The Panama Deception

The Panama Deception
Directed by
Written by
Narrated by	Elizabeth Montgomery
Cinematography
Music by	Chuck Wild
Production company	Empowerment Project
Distributed by	Empowerment Project
Release date	July 31, 1992 (1992-07-31)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Panama Deception is a 1992 American documentary film that won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.^[1] The film is critical of the actions of the U.S. military during the 1989 invasion of Panama, covering the conflicting reasons for the invasion. It also highlights media bias within the United States, showing events that were unreported or systematically misreported, including the downplaying of the number of civilian casualties. It was directed by , written and edited by David Kasper, and narrated by actress Elizabeth Montgomery. It was a production of the .

The film asserts that the U.S. government invaded Panama in order to destroy the PDF, the Panama Defense Forces, which were perceived as a threat to U.S. control over Panama, and install a government which would be friendly to U.S. interests. The film includes footage of mass graves uncovered after the American troops had withdrawn and footage of burned-down neighborhoods, alludes to the use of beam and other experimental weapons, and presents depictions of some of the 20,000 refugees who fled the fighting.

See also[]

• Politico-media complex

References[]

External links[]

• The Panama Deception at the Empowerment Project
• The Panama Deception at IMDb
• The Panama Deception at Rotten Tomatoes
• The Panama Deception at Box Office Mojo
• The Panama Deception at AllMovie

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