Dying for dreams (Morir de sueños, 2011, 30´) by Clemente Bernad
22 January 2013; 18:30-20:30
The Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE, 54 Lincolns Inn Fields, WC2A 3LJ
The short-film Dying for dreams| is part of a broader project Where memory dwells by the Spanish photographer, Clemente Bernad, which includes also a book, Kept awake, and a multimedia exhibition.
After the coup d´état in Spain in July of 1936, an uncontrolled, cruel and systematic repression on the part of the Fascists broke out that led to the death of some 150,000 people. The bodies of those people were left in ditches or in common graves throughout the fields and mountains of the country. These are the dead left by the Franco era; thousands of people for whom no death certificate was signed and whose families could neither bury them nor cry over their tombs.
This is a story full of cruelty, violence, death, and hatred. It should have never existed. But above all it is a story full of love: the love of those determined not to forget, determined to cry and to fight for the memory of all those, whose lives had been taken from them with impunity. Their dreams.
After the film, Clemente Bernad will present his project Where memory dwells| and there will be also a panel discussion on the issues raised by the project. Both presentation and panel discussion will take place in Spanish.
For more information about the work of Clemente Bernad, please visit his site| (in Spanish).
This event is organised jointly with the Cañada Blanch Centre for Contemporary Spanish Studies| and funded by the LSE Language Centre|
The Spanish in Motion team has not prepared specific materials for this screening. However, we advise you to check for materials relevant to Dying for Dreams in 30 January 2008|, 1 December 2009|, 23 November 2010| and Guernica (historical event and painting)|.