Is Fireflies at El Mozote based on a true story?

Yes. The film draws on the documented 1981 El Mozote massacre in El Salvador, one of the deadliest atrocities of the country's civil war, and the efforts by journalists to bring it to international attention.

Farsi dub dare? Koja bebinam ba dub Farsi?

Bale — the film is available on K-Time with a full Persian dub. No subtitles needed. Watch on web, TV, or phone without any VPN.

What language is the film in — English or Spanish?

The film is a bilingual American-Salvadoran production with dialogue in both English and Spanish. On K-Time it is available with a Persian dub covering all dialogue.

Is this film online on K-Time — bedune VPN mishe did?

Yes. K-Time has no geo-blocking for its subscribers, so you can watch Fireflies at El Mozote from anywhere — Canada, the US, Europe, or Australia — with no VPN required.

Fireflies at El Mozote

Name: Fireflies at El Mozote
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Released: 2025
Duration: 90 min
Cast: Paz Vega, Juan Pablo Shuk, Yancey Arias, Mena Suvari, Jeff Fahey

Director: Ernesto Melara

Cast: Paz Vega, Juan Pablo Shuk, Yancey Arias, Mena Suvari, Jeff Fahey

Fireflies at El Mozote is a 2025 American-Salvadoran action war drama directed by Ernesto Melara, set against the brutal backdrop of El Salvador's 1980s civil conflict. The film follows guerrilla fighters and a foreign journalist as they battle both military terror and silence, available on K-Time with a Persian dub.

What is Fireflies at El Mozote about?

The year is 1981, and El Salvador is consuming itself in a savage civil war. In the mountains and hidden camps beyond the capital, leftist rebels have built a clandestine radio operation — their only weapon against a government that erases its crimes in the dark. When an American journalist arrives seeking the truth about massacre reports filtering out of the countryside, she and the guerrillas strike an uneasy alliance. To expose the death squads to the world, they must evade military patrols, maintain the fragile signal of their transmitter, and confront the personal costs of bearing witness. The film builds its tension not through spectacle but through the weight of silence that follows violence — the moments before a broadcast, the wait for a source to speak.

Cast & crew

Director Ernesto Melara guides a bilingual cast anchored by Paz Vega, whose career spans European art cinema and Hollywood productions, and Juan Pablo Shuk, a familiar presence in Latin American television drama. American actors Mena Suvari and Jeff Fahey appear in key supporting roles, while Yancey Arias and newcomers Mateo Honles and Ermis Cruz ground the film in its Salvadoran setting.

Context & significance

For Persian-speaking viewers in the diaspora, Fireflies at El Mozote carries a particular resonance: a government that suppresses the truth, ordinary people risking everything to transmit a signal, and an outsider journalist who becomes the world's reluctant witness. These are not abstract themes — they echo experiences familiar across the Middle East and Latin America alike. The film is a joint American and Salvadoran production drawing on documented events from the 1981 El Mozote massacre. It arrives on K-Time with a full Persian dub, making the film fully accessible without subtitles for audiences who prefer to watch in Persian.

Where & how to watch

Fireflies at El Mozote is available now on K-Time with a Persian dub — no subtitles required. Watch on the web, on your TV, or on your phone with no VPN needed and no geo-blocking. Subscribe and cancel anytime.