 Directed by Ken Loach, 109 minutes  English, Spanish & Catalan  European Film Award for Best European Film The film narrates the story of David Carr,

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2  Directed by Ken Loach, 109 minutes  English, Spanish & Catalan  European Film Award for Best European Film The film narrates the story of David Carr, an unemployed worker and member of the Communist Party of Great Britain, who decides to fight for the republican side in the Spanish Civil War. Land and Freedom (1995)

3 International Brigades: military units made up of volunteers from different countries, who traveled to Spain to fight for the Second Spanish Republic in the Spanish Civil War. Land and Freedom (1995)

4 POUM: Partit Obrer d’Unificació Marxista (Worker’s Party of Marxist Unification) was a Spanish communist political party formed during the Second Republic and mainly active around the Spanish Civil War. Land and Freedom (1995)

5 Stalin: the leader of the Soviet Union and its Communist Party from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953. Land and Freedom (1995)

6 Official Film Trailer (1995) Land and Freedom (1995)

7 “The Internationale”: widely sung left-wing anthem. It has been translated into many languages. It is often sung with the left hand raised. It has been celebrated by socialists, communists, anarchists, democratic socialists, and some social democrats. Land and Freedom (1995) "This is the final struggle Let us group together and tomorrow The Internationale Will be the human race.

8 “The Internationale” Land and Freedom (1995) Stand up, damned of the Earth Stand up, prisoners of starvation Reason thunders in its volcano This is the eruption of the end. Of the past let us make a clean slate Enslaved masses, stand up, stand up. The world is about to change its foundation We are nothing, let us be all. This is the final struggle Let us group together, and tomorrow The Internationale Will be the human race. ¡Arriba, parias de la Tierra! ¡En pie, famélica legión! Atruena la razón en marcha: es el fin de la opresión. Del pasado hay que hacer añicos. ¡Legión esclava en pie a vencer! El mundo va a cambiar de base. Los nada de hoy todo han de ser. Agrupémonos todos, en la lucha final. El género humano es la internacional.

9 “A las barricadas” : one of the most popular songs of the Spanish anarchists during the Spanish Civil War. Land and Freedom (1995) Black storms shake the sky Dark clouds blind us Although pain and death await us Duty calls us against the enemy The most precious good is freedom And we have to defend it With faith and courage […] To the Barricades! To the Barricades! For the triumph of the Confederation Negras tormentas agitan los aires nubes oscuras nos impiden ver Aunque nos espere el dolor y la muerte contra el enemigo nos llama el deber. El bien más preciado es la libertad hay que defenderla con fe y valor. […] ¡A las Barricadas! ¡A las Barricadas! por el triunfo de la Confederación.