2011 | Color | 90 min 0 seg In 2007, 4,500 negatives of images taken from the Spanish Civil War by Robert Capa, David Seymore and Gerda Taro were recovered in Mexico City. In the same year, the Spanish Congress passed the Historical Memory Law. The Mexican Suitcase traces the journey of the negatives and the complexity of understanding the past in Spain today. Country: México, España Direction: Ziff; Trisha Script: Ziff; Trisha Production: O'Farrill; Eamon, Ziff; Trisha, Poch; Paco Photography: Rocha; Claudio Sound: Villavieja; Amanda, Laguna; Yuri Music: Nyman; Michael Participation year at FICM: 2011
2011 | Color | 90 min 0 seg In 2007, 4,500 negatives of images taken from the Spanish Civil War by Robert Capa, David Seymore and Gerda Taro were recovered in Mexico City. In the same year, the Spanish Congress passed the Historical Memory Law. The Mexican Suitcase traces the journey of the negatives and the complexity of understanding the past in Spain today. Country: México, España Direction: Ziff; Trisha Script: Ziff; Trisha Production: O'Farrill; Eamon, Ziff; Trisha, Poch; Paco Photography: Rocha; Claudio Sound: Villavieja; Amanda, Laguna; Yuri Music: Nyman; Michael Participation year at FICM: 2011
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FICM and the Curacao Film Festival Reaffirm Their Alliance to Promote Cinema With a Showcase of Caribbean Short Films 10 · 23 · 26
