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Season 1, Episode 3: Fire From the Mountain
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Based on the autobiography of Nicaraguan author Omar Cabezas, Fire From the Mountain is the lyrical, earthy, sometimes humorous account of the author's political journey from student activist to guerrilla to government official. Shaffer's last film, Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements, won an Oscar in 1985.
All Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1
Acting Our Age
Episode 2
American Tongues
Episode 3
Fire From the Mountain
Episode 4
Knocking on Armageddon's Door
Episode 5
Living with AIDS
Episode 6
Las Madres: The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo
Episode 7
The Good Fight
Episode 8
Louie Bluie
Episode 9
Gates of Heaven
Episode 10
Best Boy
Episode 11
Rate It X
Episode 12
Metropolitan Avenue