John Pilger's 1983 film about the small nation of Nicaragua and its right to survive investigates the corruption in Central America. In 1979, the Sandinistas won a popular revolution in Nicaragua, putting an end to decades of the corrupt US-backed Somoza dictatorship. They based their reformist ideology on that of the English Co-operative Movement, but was to prove too ‘radical’ for the Reagan administration.
In this film, Pilger describes the achievements of the Sandinistas and their "threat of a good example".

Veteran filmmaker John Pilger takes us through a history of threats to Britain's National Health Service ,from its 1948 founding by Labor through a privatizing push by Margaret Thatcher's bureaucrats, to challenges by new Conservatives

这部纪录片是屡屡获奖的导演约翰·皮尔格的新作。[约翰·皮尔格成长於澳洲悉尼，目前定居英国伦敦。他是一位优秀的战地记者、作家与制片家，两度获颁英国新闻界最高荣誉“年度记者”。皮尔格足迹遍及世界各地，最受肯定的报导作品发自柬埔寨（收录于《别对我撒谎》一书）与越南。皮尔格曾荣膺“年度国际记者”与“联合国媒体和平奖”。他的纪录片得过法国“无国界记者”大奖、艾美奖，以及英国电影电视艺术学院颁发的“理查丁伯比奖”。皮尔格三十年来锲而不舍地揭露世事真相、奔走倡导人权，在2003年获颁“苏菲奖”。译者注]本片认为，美国非但没有像声称的那样要给全世界带来民主，反而正竭尽所能地想要扼杀它。