3. In 1936, a group of anarchists defeated Franco’s troops in Barcelona. During
the following 9½ months, half of Spain was under anarchist control.
It was the first time that an anarchist
revolution succeeded.
Our story takes place during this time.
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4. Also during this time...
Ernest Hemingway visited and was fascinated by the freedom fighters.
George Orwell wrote a book about the revolution without communists called
“Homage to Catalonia.”
All over Europe, intellectuals supported the republican side and many of them
saw the Spanish Civil War as a prelude to a bigger confrontation between
dictatorships and democracies.
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5. The anarchists were not supporting
democracy.
The anarchists wanted to create a
revolution.
And one decision they took was to
abolish private property.
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6. In La Fatarella, a town in southern Catalonia, the peasants were against
collective property.
They wanted to work the land the same way they had done for generations.
The peasants expelled the anarchists
leaders from town.
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7. On the 25th of January, anarchists troops
entered the town and executed 31
peasants.
At the time, the town had a population of 700 people.
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8. The anarchist press called the peasants
fascists.
Multiple episodes ensued where the anarchists tried to create a revolution
through violence.
In May 1937 communist party took control of the republican side.
In July 1939 the republicans lost the war. As a result, Spain fell under a right-
wing dictatorship for the next 40 years.
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10. Talking heads
•Spanish Civil War specialists (Spain)
•Spanish Civil War specialists (Oxford)
•People from La Fatarella
•Ken Loach on Land and Freedom
•George Orwell specialist
•Spanish agricultural worker on Collectivization
•English agricultural worker on Collectivization
•Jean Marie Mola, grandson of Anarchist Leader
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11. Scenes
•Land and Freedom collectivization scene
•Punk concert and punk people (anarchists)
•Anarchist demonstration
•Institutional homage to Republican Fighters
•Anarchist propaganda on Collectivization
(Archive 1933-1939)
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12. Audio documents
•Police reports from The Fatarella Facts 1937 (read)
•Excerpts “Homage to Catalonia” (read)
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14. We want to show how romantic can revolutions
look from faraway
We want to show how cruel can normal people
be under the passion of a revolution
We want to disturb
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16. 25% budget confirmed
(Goodgate Productions and Lanetalab Productions)
48% budget conditioned
(letter of interest by TVC- Catalan Public Television)
Resources and investigation process
25 hours of material shoot
General documentary structure
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18. English partner to help us shoot in London and Oxford
Financial partner to help us raise the 27% we don’t have.
27% = 21.000€
All contributions will be welcomed.
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