ALBA’s Popular Spanish Civil War Film Series Continues
ALBA’s new film series, hosted as part of the Peter N. Carroll Antifascist Education Fund, continues on December 18, at 4 pm ET, with a discussion of Ken Loach’s Land and Freedom (1995), led by Lisa Berger, a Barcelona-based producer who collaborated with Loach on the film. Anyone registering for the event will receive a special introductory video produced for this occasion. Participants are asked to watch the introduction and the film itself before the discussion. To register, click here.
On January 22, ALBA’s own Steve Birnbaum will lead a discussion on a legendary East German film on the Spanish Civil War, Frank Beyer’s Five Cartridges (Fünf Patronenhülsen, 1960). This spring, Hemingway expert Alex Vernon will lead a discussion on the Hollywood classic For Whom the Bell Tolls.
Earlier this fall, hundreds—including many teachers—joined for three lively and informative discussions on Michael Curtis’s Casablanca (video), Víctor Erice’s The Spirit of the Beehive (video), and Joris Ivens’ The Spanish Earth (video), respectively led by Peter Carroll, Sebastiaan Faber, and Jo Labanyi.
As part of the Labor Film Fest in Madison, WI, ALBA also cosponsored a screening of three Spanish Civil War documentaries, including The Good Fight (Noel Buckner, Mary Dore, Sam Sills), Into the Fire (Julia Newman), and The Last Cause, (Stephen K. Franklin and Alex Cramer). The screenings were curated by Ronald Kent.
