
Panama Canal Stories(2014)
Five shorts spanning a century on lives impacted by the Panama Canal. Men, women and children who are influenced by the existence of the "Canal", the event that changed the history of not only a country but the world.
Movie: Panama Canal Stories
Top 10 Billed Cast
Phillip (segment "1913")
Jake Wright (segment "1950") (as Carlos Eduardo Goldstein Alemán)
Patsy Wright (segment "1950")
Lucy (segment "1964")
Silverio (segment "1977")
Leonidas (segment "1977")
Aunt Perla (segment "2013")
Jeremiah (segment "1913")
Pastor Thompson (segment "1913")

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Five shorts spanning a century on lives impacted by the Panama Canal. Men, women and children who are influenced by the existence of the "Canal", the event that changed the history of not only a country but the world.
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2014-10-09
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