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2011 | Color | 90 min 0 seg

In 2007, 4,500 negatives of images taken from the Spanish Civil War by Robert Capa, David Seymore and Gerda Taro were recovered in Mexico City. In the same year, the Spanish Congress passed the Historical Memory Law. The Mexican Suitcase traces the journey of the negatives and the complexity of understanding the past in Spain today.


Country: México, España
Direction: Ziff; Trisha
Script: Ziff; Trisha
Production: O'Farrill; Eamon, Ziff; Trisha, Poch; Paco
Photography: Rocha; Claudio
Sound: Villavieja; Amanda, Laguna; Yuri
Music: Nyman; Michael
Participation year at FICM: 2011

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