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The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) caused a great impression on the lives of most of the American artists of that era, so many movies were made in Hollywood about it. The final defeat of the Spanish Republic left an open wound in the hearts of those who sympathized with its cause. The eventful life of screenwriter Alvah Bessie (1904-1985), one of the Hollywood Ten, serves to analyze this sadness, the tragedy of Spain and its consequences.
Documentary about the organization -Mujeres Libres- that narrates, through interviews, their participation in the Spanish civil war and their day-to-day struggle as anarchists and as women, in war and in the revolution. The protagonists talk about how they got involved in the war, about their relationships with other anarchist organizations and about their lives since then. Decades later, Mujeres Libres is still a model of revolutionary feminism.
Squatters in Holland. "... a fascinating journey through the different busy buildings of Amsterdam in the early nineties, with a view of the diversity of people who lived there then. A portrait of the attempt to create an alternative urban society that was eroded by both government pressure and private property."
