Lee Shapiro

Lee Shapiro (1949-1987) was an American documentary filmmaker. His one feature length film, "Nicaragua Was Our Home", was released in 1986. It was filmed in Nicaragua among the Miskito Indians who were then fighting against Nicaraguan government forces. In 1987 Shapiro was killed in Afghanistan while filming with anti-Soviet fighters.

Shapiro was a member of the Unification Church and a graduate of the church's Unification Theological Seminary, as well as the London Film School and the University of Colorado. He also attended medical school at the University of Oklahoma. His film making was supported by CAUSA International, a church-related anti-communist organization. He is survived by his wife Linda Shapiro. [ [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40717F738590C7B8EDDA90994DF484D81 2 Americans Reported Killed In an Ambush in Afghanistan] New York Times 1987-10-28 ]

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* [http://www.tparents.org/Library/Unification/Talks/Franzen/Franzen-Shapiro.htm] His death is reported by his friend Erwin Franzen.
* [http://www.unification.net/1991/910220.html] He is mentioned in a speech by Sun Myung Moon, the founder of the Unification Church.