Sergi Doladé, director de MEDIMED DocsMarket, opina sobre Los Colonos del Caudillo



Sergi Doladé, director de MEDIMED DocsMarket de Sitges, opina sobre Los Colonos del Caudillo:

"Anoche vi LOS COLONOS y no puedo más que felicitaros por un trabajo riguroso y emocionante, no solo por lo que cuenta sino por cómo lo contáis. No se ha hecho todavía en España la revisión histórica que proponéis y como se dice en el docu, seguramente el momento ya pasó. Aunque algunos lo piensen, nunca es tarde para revisar la Historia y vosotros lo hacéis desde abajo, desde la VIDA, desde la misma REALIDAD. Ocurre que en este sitio llamado España, seguimos ignorando lo que de verdad ocurrió y destapar esa ignorancia tan instalada y tan aceptada es lo mejor de la película. ¡Destapáis la gran verdad! TVE tiene que poner esta película, la tiene que poner, para que la gente sepa de esta película. Y debería estar nominada para los Goya."

Sergi Doladé, director of the MEDIMED DocsMarket in Sitges, expresses why this historic film is a relevant contribution:

“Last night I watched Franco’s Settlers and I have to congratulate you on a rigorous and emotional film, not only because of the story but also because of how this story is told. In Spain this revision of history never has been made and like someone states in the movie “maybe it is already too late”. Even if some people might think that, I believe it is never too late to revise history. It is you as filmmakers who do it from the ground up, from life itself, from reality. What happens here is that this place called Spain we as people keep ignoring what really occurred. And that is the best achievement of the film how you unveil this ignorance, an ignorance we Spaniards have fully accepted and take for granted. You unveil the big truth! Spanish public TV has to broadcast this film so that people know about it. And the film should be nominated for a GOYA (Spain’s Oscar).”

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