Event

Bones of Contention

Director Andrea Weiss (Emmy Winner) will be in attendance

Year: 2017

Running Time: 1hr 15 min

Country: USA-Spain

LGBTQ, Mystery, Spain

Spanish & English w/ English subtitles

There are 120,000 victims of Francos regime buried in the unmarked mass graves that stretch for kilometres alongside Spains country roads. One of these victims is the world-renowned Spanish author Federico García Lorca, who was shot and killed by the fascists during the early days of the Spanish Civil War. The mystery that surrounds the exact location of his remains has made him a symbol for those seeking to remember and disclose the hidden stories of gays and lesbians under Franco, people who continued to be subjected to violent repression long after the end of the dictatorship. Spain is today one of the most progressive countries when it comes to homosexuality, and yet the nation still refuses to account comprehensively for its dark past before a court of law. Andrea Weiss sensitive film gives a voice to the victims from the LGBTIQ* community. Her documentary tells their stories and their struggle for clarification, justice and human rights as well as their continued efforts to provide those who were murdered and disappeared with a dignified burial. Impressive archive material documents this repressed history which finds a painful echo in Lorcas poetry and music.

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