Tusi se faaauauina mo lenei parakalafa - O le ata tifaga o loo faamatalaina ai le tala o se tusitala Amerika o loo faaali mai le Taua Faalemalo i El Salvador
na aafia ai o ia i le FMLN ma le pulega a le vaegaʻau saʻo a le militeli, a o taumafai e laveaʻi lana uō teine ma lana fanau. O le ata e matua agalelei i le itu tauagavale revolutionaries ma malosi faitioina o le US-lagolagoina militeli, taulai atu i le fasioti tagata o le fa Amerika tamaitai aulotu, e aofia ai Jean Donovan, ma le fasioti tagata o Archbishop Óscar Romero e squads oti. O le ata na filifilia mo le lua Academy Awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Woods) ma le Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Stone ma Boyle).