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Blood In The Streets Of Madrid Essay

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THE SPANISH EARTH is a combination of communist, socialist, anarchist, and liberals propaganda film made during the Spanish Civil War and support of the democratically elected republican movement. But more than just a propaganda film, the Spanish Earth is a glimpse into the history of the Spanish civil war. Here we have filmmakers making use of film as a tool to document history. There is beautiful composition between this small village that the farmers work in and the city of Madrid where as the earth in the farming village simply looks upturned, ready for the acceptance of the new crop and the city of Madrid has been gutted. Blood in the streets of Madrid contrasts with the water that runs through the soil of the farming village. What 's most compelling about THE SPANISH EARTH is that the filmmakers have the ability to show on a larger scale not only the ravages of war but the principles for which …show more content…

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