1. Land and freedom
Ken Loach

2. Setting: Spain
Context: Spanish Civil War ( )
Conflict:
Collection of Left-wing socialists and communists with support from Stalin
vs.
General Franco – Fascist, Right-Wing Army leader

3. Vs.
Republicans – fighting to restore the socialist leaning democratically elected government that came into power in Collection of left leaning groups.
Nationalists – led by
General Francisco Franco who led a partially successful coup in 1936.

4. Spanish Civil War
Leftist socialist groups and communists fighting Franco, who was supported by Hitler and Mussolini
500,000 deaths
Franco Wins, becomes a dictator in Spain from

5. Republican soldier at moment of being shot – Robert Capa

6. Bombing of Guernica – April 26, 1937
Hitler tested his new air force by bombing a Spanish town called Guernica.
Hundreds of civilians killed
Outraged world

7. Pablo Picasso’s Guernica

8. George orwell
Describes his experiences in a Republican fighting unit – the POUM
Very similar to Ken Loach’s 1995 film, Land and Freedom