Spanish in Motion is a project devised by the Spanish section at the LSE Language Centre which focuses on the use of documentary films and cinema techniques in the acquisition of Spanish for social and political sciences. For more information on the project see www.lse.ac.uk/spanishinmotion or www.spanishinmotion.wordpress.com
Film screening - songs for after a war
(Canciones para después de una guerra, 102 minutes, in Spanish with English subtitles, 1971)
Day: Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Venue: Room D202, Clement House
The 3rd Session of Spanish in Motion, Domesticating opinion: Propaganda and Censorship, starts with the film Songs for after a war (Canciones para después de una guerra). In this documentary, the Spanish film director, Basilio Martín Patino (Salamanca, 1930), presents a collage of images, voices and songs to tell us about the Spanish Civil War, the post-war and Franco. It is an emotive and playful but implacable portrait of that period.
The film uses complex montage techniques to create new meanings, going beyond the conventions of the so called documentary cinema. It was banned by the censors for five years and was not released until 1976, after Franco's death.
After the film, there will be a panel discussion on issues raised by the film. Speakers: Professor Helen Graham, Spanish writer Lala Isla and Professor Paul Preston.
This screening is organised jointly with the Cañada Blanch Centre for contemporary Spanish studies and Tristana Media.
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Helen Graham is Professor of Modern Spanish History at Royal Holloway, University of London
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Lala Isla is a Spanish writer based in London and author of the book London, a Cake Without a Recipe and several short stories
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Paul Preston is Director of the Cañada Blanch Centre for Contemporary Spanish studies at the LSE.
Spanish in Motion is financed by the LSE Annual Fund and the LSE Widening Participation project.
For more information, please contact Lourdes Hernandez-Martin, l.hernandez-martin@lse.ac.uk