Cinema and Round Tables "Military Bases and Coca Cola. Images of the American Dream in Spain"
During Science Week of the Comunidad of Madrid, the Instituto Franklin-UAH organized a film series and round tables with the purpose of exploring the impact of American culture in Spanish society. During this conference, several documentaries were screened, two films and three round tables were organized, through which different aspects of the Spain-United States relations were discussed. .
Program
- Thursday, November 17
- 11:00h Presentation: The Americans are coming! Emissaries of Modernization, Threat of Homeland Essences. José Antonio Gurpegui
- 11:30h Screening of documentaries:
- Visit of President Eisenhower to Madrid (1959, NO-DO)
- Spain and the United States. 5 Years of Friendly Cooperation (1959, NO-DO)
- Underground: Rainbow City (2005, Gervasio Iglesias)
- 17:00h Film Projection: Those Who Must Serve (1967, José María Forqué)
- 19:00h Round table Spain Discovers the United States, its Own Way.
- Friday, November 18
- 11:00h Screening of documentaries:
- The American Friend (2006, History Channel),
- Spain After Franco (1971 USIS)
- 19: 00h Round Table “A Reactive Relationship: Legacies of the Past, Challenges of the Present”
- 13: 00h Round Table “From Francoism to Democracy”
- 17:00h Film Projection: Barcelona (1994, Whit Stillman)
- 11:00h Screening of documentaries:
Presentation
Participants
- 17th: José Antonio Montero, Iván Iglesias y Daniel Fernández
- 18th:
- Morning: Rosa Pardo, Pablo León y Lorenzo Delgado.
- Afternoon: Laura M. Gould, Charles Powell, Coral Morera.
Moderator
- 17th: Lola Elizalde
- 18th:
- Morning: Cristina Crespo
- Afternoon: Lorenzo Delgado