A series organized by The Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in collaboration with the Association of Independent Basque Film Producers and the Ministry of Culture, Euskadi.
“One of the most joyous outcomes of the recent re-democratization of Spain has been the appearance of new cultural manifestations from the diverse ethno-linguistic minorities...whose traditions and languages had been so brutally repressed under Franco.... ‘Basque' cinema of course means more than merely films in the Basque language--a language which bears, as far as the linguists can tell, no relationship with any other European language. Rather, the Basque cinema has sought to detail the contours of the peculiar history and cultural experience of a land and a people which have resisted invasion since the time of the Romans.” Richard Peña, director, The Film Center
