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Report produced by the Propaganda Section of the Government of Euzkadi, showing the funeral honors for the former commander of chaplains of the Basque Army, with José Antonio Aguirre at the head of the mourners. The film sought to undermine the justification of the Civil War as a crusade by the rebel generals and Spanish bishops.
Status
Released
Original Language
ES

An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, as it was in 1932. Insalubrity, misery and lack of opportunities provoke the emigration of young people and the solitude of those who remain in the desolation of one of the poorest and least developed Spanish regions at that time.

The life story of Colin McKenzie, a forgotten pioneer of international cinema who was born in rural New Zealand in 1888.