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Contemporary History of Spain seen by the film

Valero Thomas, coordinator of the great web CineHistoria , recently published the book GMT History Contemporary Aña seen by the film, an exhaustive and learning about our history by great films of English cinema. Every era has a historical introduction, chronology, and didactic literature, along with the study of selected films.

In short, an educational tool of interest to teachers of Social Sciences, as well as anyone wanting to discover the educational potential that has the film to learn more about our history.



CONTENTS Foreword. INTRODUCTION. Film as a historical source. A film projection. Brief history of English cinema.

Part. THE CINEMA AND THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

1. Late nineteenth century, Restoration and Second Republic. The Fencing Master (Pedro Olea, 1992). Grandpa (José Luis Garci, 1998). Tristana (Luis Buñuel, 1969).

2. English Civil War. La Plaza del Diamante (Francesc Betriu, 1981). For Whom the Bell Tolls (Sam Wood, 1943). Land and Freedom (Ken Loach, 1995). Bicycles are for summer (Jaime Chavarri, 1983).

3. Franco dictatorship. Calle Mayor (Juan Antonio Bardem, 1955). Calabuch (Luis García Berlanga, 1956). Aunt Tula (Miguel Picazo, 1964). Nine Letters to Bertha (Basilio M. Patino, 1965). Plácido (Luis García Berlanga, 1961). La prima Angélica (Carlos Saura, 1973). El Sur (Victor Erice, 1983).

4. Transition and Democracy. Pending (José Luis Garci, 1976). Seven Days in January (Juan Antonio Bardem, 1979). Shadows in a Battle (Mario Camus, 1993). Barrio (Fernando León de Aranoa, 1998). Smoking Room (July Wallovits and Roger Gual, 2001). Te doy mis ojos (Icíar Bollaín, 2003).

Part II. ANNEXES

5. Film and History. Educational practice. Film and Education.

6. Additional films to teach history of Spain. Hurdes / Land Without Bread (Luis Buñuel, 1933). Raza (Jose Luis Saenz de Heredia, 1942). Grooves (José Antonio Nieves Conde, 1951). Welcome, Mr. Marshall! (Luis García Berlanga, 1951). Death of a Cyclist (Juan Antonio Bardem, 1955). El Verdugo (Luis Garcia Berlanga 1964). Hunting (Carlos Saura, 1966). The Spirit of the Beehive (Victor Erice, 1973). Burnt City (Antoni Ribas, 1976). The Holy Innocents (Mario Camus, 1984). The trip to nowhere (Fernando Fernan Gomez, 1986). Ay, Carmela! (Carlos Saura, 1990). Solas (Benito Zambrano, 1999). Mondays in the Sun (Fernando León de Aranoa, 2002). The Basque Ball. Skin Against Stone (Julio Medem, 2003). Sangre de mayo (José Luis Garci, 2008). BIBLIOGRAPHY