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199796 minPGdocumentary

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Social Justice Warfare Civil Rights

Living the Utopia

199796 minPGdocumentary

7.7/ 10(11 ratings)• TMDB

Exploring Spain's radical experiments during the Civil War era.

Social Justice Warfare Civil Rights

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Exploring Spain's radical experiments during the Civil War era.

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Juan A. Gamerodirector

Mitzi Kotnikwriter

Francesc Ríoswriter

Juan A. Gamerowriter

Mariona Rocawriter

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A retrospective look at the anarcho-syndicalist and anarcho-communist experience in Spain from 1930 until the end of the Civil War in 1939.

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