Spain in Two Trenches: The Civil War in Color

Francesc Escribano, Luis Carrizo | Documentary

2016 | 96 minutes | Spain

The extraordinary and moving story of the convulsive years of the Spanish Civil War (1935-1939) is explained as never seen before thanks to the coloring and restoration of 150,000 frames.

Synopsis

The extraordinary and moving story of the convulsive years of the Spanish Civil War (1935-1939) is explained as never seen before. Thanks to the latest digital techniques, this first-of-its-kind production in Spain has restored and colored over 150,000 spectacular frames and sequences in order to depict the great tragedy to take place in Spain. It was three years of fighting, destruction and death, which transformed the country forever and led up to the Second World War.

Reviews

"A necessary proposition about one of the main events that mark the history of Spain." — Astrid Meseguer, La Vanguardia

"A documentary that reviews each event, from the previous months to the start of the war to its final declaration. A film that should be added to every school in the country to be able to see, in color, what happened." — Javier Zurro, El Español

"The result is spectacular, and the point of view used to narrate the struggle establishes a necessary distance with the images so that the voice that chronologically describes the events in an even and expert manner. " — Sergio F. Pinalla, Cinemanía

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Main credits

Escribano, Francesc (film director)
Carrizo, Luis (film director)
Montalà, Mercè (narrator)
Lucas, Manel (screenwriter)

Other credits

Editor, Isaac Bergadà; music, Israel Marco.


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spanish civil war, world war II, archival footage, exile, Franco, history in color, international brigades, spanish, spanish language, latin america, latin american cinema, latin american film, ibero america, latin, latinx, latino, latina,,history, context, narrative, past, chronicle, lore, annals, historic, personal history, archive, record, saga, biography, memoir, study,iberian studies, iberian peninsula, mediterranean, andorra, spain, portugal, andorra studies, spanish studies, portuguese studies,sociology, anthropology, psychology, sociological, sociological perspectives, conflict theory, human conflicts, sociological thinking,conflict perspective, topics in sociology, sociology topics, sociology studies, social studies, people and cultures, human relations, human relationships, cultural studies, culture studies ,human rights, public rights, equal rights, freedom of expression, basic human rights, united nations, activism, human rights activism, human rights council, human rights commission, universal human rights, universal rights,migration studies, migrant studies, immigration studies, refugee studies, diaspora studies, resettlement studies, settlement studies, migration, migrant, immigration, refugee, diaspora, resettlement, settlement, refugees, international migration, continental migration, resettling, settlers, settler, migrant, migrant studies, first generation immigrant, first generation immigration, new americans, new spaniards,culture, identity, identity politics, culture wars, left wing, right wing, intersectionality, identity groups, civilization, literacy, humanism, cancel culture, online culture, cultural revolution, cultural diffusion, culture shock, popular culture, pop culture, material culture, cultural capital, cultural assimilation ,international relations, global relations, global studies, international studies, international affairs, intercontinental relations, intercontinental studies, foreign studies, foreign relations, national relations, national studies, cross-continental studies, cross-continental relations,science, technology, tech, natural sciences, biological sciences, futurism, computer science, comp sci, sciences, scientific, technological, physical science, cognitive sciences, technological science, data science, data security, futurism; "Spain in Two Trenches: The Civil War in Color"; Pragda Films
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Festivals

SEMINCI Valladolid International Film Festival
Rasnov Films and Histories Festival
Impugning Impunity: Alba Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
Memorimage International Film Festival of Reus

DIRECTOR: Francesc Escribano, Luis Carrizo

NATIONALITY: Spain

YEAR: 2016

GENRE: Documentary

LANGUAGE: English; Spanish

COLOR / B&W: Color

GRADE LEVEL: High School, College, Adults

SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE

AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE

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