It is 50 years since Franco’s death and with it the beginning of democracy in Spain. Several digital platforms have prepared premiere and exclusive content analyzing various aspects around this anniversary. In this list we make a selection of the most notable ones.
‘The photo’, on RTVE Play
RTVE Play maintains in its free catalog this documentary that led the La 1 audiences a couple of weeks ago. The photo tells the story behind the image that took almost a decade to publish. That of Franco on the verge of death, surrounded by machines and lying in a bed at the La Paz hospital in Madrid. It was a political and social scandal in 1984. Directed by Belén Alonso, Manu Diéguez and Diego Ceberio, it compiles testimonies from experts and close witnesses regarding the hidden lies of what were the last days of the dictator.
‘The four wounds’, on SER Podcast
All chapters of this are now available podcast in which David Uclés analyzes the Spanish Civil War from a practically dreamlike point of view. The four woundsfrom SER Podcast, can be understood as a spiritual extension of his book The peninsula of empty housesbut it is much more than that. Without an established route, the writer chats with all kinds of people, from journalists to historians, high school students and ordinary citizens, about the consequences of the Spanish Civil War on today’s society.
‘Karambolage: The Valley of the Fallen’, in ART
Karambolagethe classic format of the European public channel ARTE that reveals historical curiosities and discards urban legends about a specific culture, dedicates one of its chapters to 20-N in its Spanish version. A large cross and a mausoleum erected on a rock is what the Franco-German Fabian Erik Schlüter finds on his trip to Madrid. This visit inspires the animated short that, in less than four minutes, analyzes the monument from within, which overwhelms you due to its size and also the history behind its construction. You can watch it for free here.
‘Franco and Hollywood’, on the History Channel
Starting this Thursday night, November 20, the AMC Selekt platform will include two contents from the History Channel in its catalogue, available on Prime Video. one of them is Franco, the last dictator of Europea deep look at the leader’s rise to power and the consolidation of his government over almost four decades through unpublished archives and testimonies of the people who lived during that time. The second title is Franco and Hollywood, documentary that uncovers how the regime used the American film industry in the 1950s and 1960s as a powerful international propaganda tool and economic engine.
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