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Documentary Review: A bullfighter’s life in the Ring, “Afternoons of Solitude (Tardes de soledad)”
Any intimate, detailed documentary about what goes on during a bullfight is going to chase away probably two thirds of the populace in this day and age. Those who avoid it have a point. “Afternoons of Solitude,” which follows pouty … Continue reading
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Tagged bullfighting, bullfighting-documentary, madrid, movie-review-bullfighting-film, spain, travel
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Movie Review: A Spanish feminist fights sexism and fascism — “The Red Virgin (La virgen roja)”
Groomed for greatness, a writing, philosophizing prodigy by her teens and a young woman nearly 100 years ahead of her time, Hildegart Rodríguez Carballeira was long a forgotten heroine of the Spanish Civil War. That’s how “history” is erased by … Continue reading
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Tagged eugenics, h-g-wells, hildegart, history, madrid, movie-review, spain, spanish-civil-war, spanish-literature
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