Name: TRANSITION CYCLE: 50 YEARS OF SPANISH DEMOCRACY
Start: 2025-11-11T18:00:00Z
End: 2025-11-11T20:00:00Z
Location: The Parkinson Building

TRANSITION CYCLE: 50 YEARS OF SPANISH DEMOCRACY

The Instituto Cervantes is the world's largest and most important institution dedicated to the teaching of Spanish and the other languages of Spain, as well as to the diffusion of the culture of Spanish-speaking countries.The Instituto Cervantes of Leeds was inaugurated on April 23rd, 1993. Therefore, in 2018 we are celebrating our 25th anniversary. A quarter of a century collaborating actively in the teaching of Spanish and the spreading of the Hispanic culture.

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Cervantes Institute presents to you the film Ez, eskerrik asko! La ventana de Gladys in collaboration with the University of Leeds.

The Parkinson Building

To Celebrate 50 Years of Democracy in SpainThe Instituto Cervantes is pleased to invite you to a special screening of the film:🎬 Ez, eskerrik asko! The Window of Gladys by Bertha Gaztelumendi, 2019Politics and the StreetsOne of the most widely discussed critical readings of Spain’s democratic transition in recent decades highlights the crucial role of grassroots mobilisations in the recovery of freedoms and the advancement of civil rights during the 1970s. Far from being a top-down process, the transition was shaped from below by thousands of people who took to the streets—often facing harsh repression in return.This section presents three films that explore different aspects of popular resistance: anti-Franco activism, street protests, and the violent responses they often provoked.A standout in this selection is Ez, eskerrik asko! The Window of Gladys, a documentary that tells the story of Gladys del Estal, a young environmental activist killed by the Civil Guard in 1979 during an anti-nuclear protest in Tudela. The film not only revisits her tragic death, but also honours the memory of the Basque ecological movement and a generation that fought for justice, land, and life.📽️ The film will be shown in Spanish with English subtitles.

Con motivo de los 50 años de democracia en España,el Instituto Cervantes se complace en invitarle a la proyección especial de la película:🎬 Ez, eskerrik asko! La ventana de Gladys de Bertha Gaztelumendi, 2019La política y la calleUna de las lecturas críticas más difundidas sobre la Transición en las últimas dos décadas destaca el papel fundamental que jugaron las movilizaciones sociales de base en la recuperación de las libertades y la conquista de derechos durante los años setenta. Lejos de una transición pasiva, fueron miles de personas en la calle quienes empujaron los límites del régimen, enfrentándose a menudo a la represión.Esta sección reúne tres películas que abordan diferentes dimensiones de esa lucha colectiva: la resistencia antifranquista, las protestas urbanas y las duras respuestas del aparato represivo.Uno de los títulos más conmovedores de este ciclo es Ez, eskerrik asko! La ventana de Gladys, un documental que narra la historia de Gladys del Estal, una joven activista ecologista asesinada por la Guardia Civil en 1979 durante una protesta antinuclear en Tudela. A través de su historia, la película recupera la memoria de un movimiento ecologista vasco en auge y de una generación que alzó la voz por la justicia, la tierra y la vida.📽️ La película se proyectará en versión original en español con subtítulos en inglés.

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TRANSITION CYCLE: 50 YEARS OF SPANISH DEMOCRACY

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