Well-intentioned, infuriating in all the right ways, yet it lacks the philosophical, political, and intellectual acumen and/or focus of vision necessary to be revelatory. The film's core flaw is perhaps not ideological but commercially-driven, with the film focusing almost solely on the plight of its subjects and their struggle for equality as women, a worthy intent without question, but one that neglects the larger fundamental issues at play here related to freedom and equality, regardless of the various strata of human social formations. Running at only 90 minutes the filmmakers probably chose to lay their focus on the individual portraits for the sake of vision and commercial viability, yet the story of the Nicaragua revolution being so complex, one can't help but feel cheated, as if the film missed a massive opportunity in revelatory documentary filmmaking- to be more than a simple conveyor of its subject's truth. Las Sandinistas shows an inability - perhaps intentionally - to recognize the fundamental flaw of much of this crisis lies in the authoritarianism, centralization and monopoly power, concepts in which their fundamental nature is rooted in opposition to liberty, equality, and mutual aid. The craft and style of Las Sandinistas is rooted in typical documentary filmmaking tropes, relying solely on informative profiles, ones that are unquestionably empowering and informative, yet given the complexity of this story from both a temporal past and present state of human history, I can't help but feel like this film was capable to be so much more.
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