Watch the documentaries The Silent War and Journey to Banana Land here:

Question

Watch the documentaries The Silent War and Journey to Banana Land here: 

https://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/9780415854375/resources_chapter.php

follow link and then click on Chapter six. You will find the two documentaries there. 

Answer the following questions in complete sentences:

1. How is the relationship between Latin America and the United States reflected in the two documentaries? How is this relationship portrayed differently in the Silent War as compared to Journey to Banana Land? 

2. Do you think there is a case to be made for American benevolance in the film, Silent War?

3. Why do we find the film Journey to Banana Land humorous now? Do you think students watching this film in the 1950s would have had the same reaction as we do?

4. How are the United States and Guatemala, respectively, portrayed in the film Journey to Banana Land?

5. Which of the two films do you believe more accurately reflects the relationship between Latin America and the United States and why?

Answer 1