Exiles
(Exilios)
Carmen Vidal | Documentary
2020 | 53 minutes | Spain, Mexico
Exiles reveals the lives of three artists who fled the Spanish Civil War to reinvent themselves in Mexico, making an impact on art and culture.
Synopsis
After the beginning of the Spanish Civil War (1936), between 20 and 30 thousand people arrived in Mexico; the government gave passports and nationality to all those who requested, and it was the only country that never recognized the dictatorship of Francisco Franco.
Exiles tells the story of three artists who lived and died in Mexico: Julia Giménez-Cacho: mother of six children and housewife who, at the age of 50, decided to reinvent herself and became an artist; Emilio García Riera: historian and film critic, who, with a childhood deeply marked by the war, became a key figure in Mexican cinema; and Elvira Gascón: artist and political activist, who became one of Mexico's leading women muralists, which at the time was only a male thing.
Citation
Main credits
Vidal, Carmen (film director)
Vidal, Carmen (film producer)
Guasch Marí, Yolanda (screenwriter)
Guasch Marí, Yolanda (film producer)
Luengas, Olivia (film producer)
Other credits
Cinematography, Olivia Luengas; editing, Abraham Cruz; music, Jordi Nus.
Citation
Cataloging
Pragda subjects
Biography
Culture + Identity
Exile
Fascism + Repression
History
Iberian Studies
Migration Studies
Visual Arts
Women
Keywords
Clips
Festivals
The Americas Film Festival of New York
DIRECTOR: Carmen Vidal
NATIONALITY: Spain, Mexico
YEAR: 2020
GENRE: Documentary
LANGUAGE: Spanish
COLOR / B&W: Color
GRADE LEVEL: Middle School, High School, College, Adult
SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE
AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE
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