Endorsements & Testimonials

Mining Watch co-founder endorses 'Return to El Salvador'

"Return to El Salvador is a tough but sensitive and very human look at El Salvador's hopes and challenges, bringing the country's history and current contradictions to life through the eyes of some ordinary people with extraordinary stories and extraordinary courage.

Jim Wallis endorses 'Return to El Salvador'

"This is the film Glenn Beck won't want you to see. This film celebrates the courageous social justice churches of El Salvador that boldly confronted their country’s unjust and murderous regime, a government supported by U.S. foreign policy. Heroic church leaders, such as Archbishop Oscar Romero, endured the harshest threats until tragically their lives ended in martyrdom.

Salvadoran Assoc President endorses "Return to El Salvador"

"I was very touched by this documentary because it was like seeing my own family's story. This is an important piece for the current generation of neo-Salvadorians and future ones."

Laura Avalos Mendez, President
Salvadoran Canadian Association of Ottawa and National Capitol Region (ASCORCAN)

SOAWatch founder Fr. Roy Bourgeois endorses "Return to El Salvador"

"As a Catholic priest and US citizen who went to El Salvador during the height of the crimes against humanity committed by the death squads, this documentary is important to understand what really happened during El salvador's long civil war - and the role the United States played in "the slaughter of the innocents".

Canadian MP John McKay endorses "Return to El Salvador"

"Return to El Salvador is a moving documentary which highlights the unwavering strength of the El Salvadorian people through immense hardships. Chronicling the country’s difficult past, Jamie Moffet, the film’s director highlights the key issues that exist in the country today.

Author Tony Campolo endorses "Return to El Salvador"

“The Bible tells us that “none of us liveth to himself, and no man dies to himself.” We are connected to the sufferings of others, and this film will demonstrate how we have been connected to the sufferings of the people of El Salvador through our unquestioned support of the U.S. foreign policies.

Author Ron Sider endorses "Return to El Salvador"

“By recalling an unjust past, this film raises crucial questions for American Christians. At the same time, it provides hope for a more just, peaceful future.”

Archbishop Desmond Tutu endorses "Return to El Salvador"

"Director Jamie Moffett and Return to El Salvador force us to acknowledge one of the most unjust class wars in the western hemisphere. It examines how the plantation system imposed by colonial powers on indigenous Salvadorans contributed to the poverty driven wars of the 1980s and the current day economic struggles that continue to beset a small densely populated nation. More importantly, perhaps, Return to El Salvador shows us how an era of hope is being perpetuated by life-giving elections, bold social advocacy, and the steady grassroots work of church leaders."

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, 1984 Nobel Peace Prize Winner

North America's largest union Endorses "Return to El Salvador"

"Return to El Salvador" has received an official endorsement from the Service Employees International Union. As North America's largest union (2.2 million members and growing), the SEIU represents hundreds of thousands of Salvadoran service workers. Visit them at SEIU.org for more information.

CISPES endorses "Return to El Salvador"

"Return to El Salvador is a beautiful testimony to the struggle of the Salvadoran people and to the triumph of hope over fear. Those who couldn’t be there on March 15, 2009 to celebrate the victory of the FMLN will get to feel some of the joy that swept the country that night, coupled with the memories of all of the compañeros and compañeras who gave their lives to the struggle for liberation. Most powerful are the voices of Salvadorans, both in El Salvador and those now living in the United States, who never stopped organizing for social and economic justice in their country, despite the terror of witnessing atrocities committed against them, their families and their communities by the Salvadoran military with the support of the United States. This film is an important call for all of us, Salvadorans and solidarity allies alike, to continue to organize against U.S. foreign and economic policy that has created the poverty, injustice and violence that the Salvadoran people are fighting to turn around and accompany them in their new stage of struggle."

Alexis Stoumbelis is the Executive Director of CISPES: the Committee In Solidarity With the People of El Salvador.