Federico García Lorca: Murder in Granada (1976)

Federico García Lorca: Murder in Granada (1976)
TV Movie  -  61 min
Documentary
Director: Humberto López y Guerra
Writer: Humberto López y Guerra
Country: Sweden
Language: Spanish | English
Frederico Gracia Lorca, the profound Spanish dramatist, poet was murdered by Nationalists at the age of 38 due to his political activities. This 61 minute documentary gives an idea about his life, works and death. Jumping from conversations to conversations (sometimes irksome) and using vintage video footages Lorca's life is "narrating". The attempts, more clearly difficulties, faced by Lorca to draw/write things during his secondary school days seems to be more interesting to me. He had great affection towards drawing which came little late after his interest to music and literature. "He had a very good hand with music and playing with piano, but he had difficulties with drawing and writing"- quoting his brother Fracesco Garcia Lorca. Also he failed in penmanship five times, a subject in secondary school !!!
To create a new form in writing and bored with Madrid life he often moved to his place Granada. The Gypsy, greenish life, orange trees came to his poetry from Granada.
His achievements in theater was incredible. He formed a group in 30's named La Barraca with amateur actors and students and performed dramas in various parts of Spain as a Travelling Theater. He said " La Barraca is my most important work. It interests me more" Neruda commented on La Barraca that its his own self.
We can also see Lorca's life in Madrid, the evolution of "Generation 1927", relationship with Dali, Vicente Aleixandre, his political involvement in Spain through drama, his anti-fascist visions in this documentary.
Federico García Lorca: A Murder in Granada ( 1976) directed by Humberto Lopez y Guerra and produced by the Swedish Television. In October 1980 the New York Times described the transmission of the film by Spanish Television in June that same year as attracting "one of the largest audiences in the history of Spanish Television"