Movies & Popular Culture in Spain Under Franco, 1939-1975
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Channel: Library of Congress · 2018 · Education
Under the Franco regime, Spain was a country of passionate moviegoers struggling with the enormous limitations of the cultural life under a dictatorship, a tension at the center of this talk by Fernando Ramos Arenas. This is the story of a fascination with movies under difficult circumstances, in a land in which cinema became a large projection screen for the anxieties, fears and hopes of millions of spectators. For transcript and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=8319
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