New York State Writers Institute - Classic Film Series

LAND AND FREEDOM (Tierra y Libertad)

January 31, 1997 at 7:30 p.m.
Page Hall, 135 Western Avenue
(Free and Open to the Public)

(Spanish, with English narration, 1995, 109 minutes, color, 35 mm)
Directed by Kenneth Loach

A young British communist joins the conflict among antifascist fighters during the 1936 Spanish civil war. A compelling dramatic story, told in flashbacks, LAND AND FREEDOM won the International Critics Prize and the Ecumenical Jury Prize at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.