In this episode, we’re delighted to be joined by Andy Durgan, a historian who has lived in Barcelona since 1982, and author of several books about the revolutionary left and International volunteers in the Spanish Civil War, including Voluntarios por la revoución, which will be published in English later this year.
We spoke to Andy about his role as historical advisor to Ken Loach’s film Land and Freedom, one of the most significant films about the Spanish Civil War, which was released 30 years ago this summer. The film is currently available to watch on YouTube here: Land and Freedom (1995 Ken Loach) [ENG Sub]
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The podcast music is Stealing Orchestra & Rafael Dionísio, 'Gente da minha terra (que me mete um nojo do caralho).' Reproduced from the Free Music Archive under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License, available here: https://bit.ly/35ToW4W
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The image in this episode is the original poster for Land and Freedom.