Ernesto Cardenal

Birth : 1925-01-20, Granada, Nicaragua

Death : 2020-03-01

History

Ernesto Cardenal Martínez was a Nicaraguan Catholic priest, poet, and politician. He was a liberation theologian and the founder of the primitivist art community in the Solentiname Islands, where he lived for more than ten years.

Movies

Nicaragua, una patria libre para vivir (la insurrección de los nietos de la revolución sandinista)
Self
Ernesto on Earth
Ernesto on Earth is a film that undertakes a historical journey through the life of the revolutionary poet Ernesto Cardenal, capturing his essence, the legacy of his human experience and his spiritual commitment until the last days of his life. Through a poetic vision, the movie settles the union of his soul, history, love and poetry with Nicaraguan lands.
The Final Escape
Himself
Miguel Nunez knew the end was near. After a lifetime chasing utopias, gave his last bout, worthy of death, with the same revolutionary fervor with which he faced the Franco regime and Central American dictatorships. This is the story of a man who spent fourteen years in Franco's jails, was sentenced to death, tortured and risked his life repeatedly by his dreams of universal social justice. Coherent, lucid and sarcastic to the last breath, Miguel organized and controlled every detail of your life away.
The Inconclusive Independence
Self - Poet and Priest. Nicaragua
Documentary about the independence and history of Latin America.
Merton: A Film Biography
Self - Nicaraguan Minister of Culture; Novice under Merton
In his lifetime, Thomas Merton was hailed as a prophet and censured for his outspoken social criticism. For nearly 27 years he was a monk of the austere Trappist order, where he became an eloquent spiritual writer and mystic as well as an anti-war advocate and witness to peace. Merton: A Film Biography provides the first comprehensive look at this remarkable 20th century religious philosopher who wrote, in addition to his immensely popular autobiography The Seven Storey Mountain, over 60 books on some of the most pressing social issues of our time, some of which are excerpted here. Merton offers an engaging profile of a man whose presence in the world touched millions of people and whose words and thoughts continue to have a profound impact and relevance today.