Living Utopia is a retrospective look at the anarcho-syndicalist and anarcho-communist experience in Spain from 1930 until the end of the Civil War in 1939.
Living Utopia is a unique documentary that blends the historical account of the origins and development of the Spanish anarchist movement, focussing on the 1936 war. A reflection on the philosophical underpinnings of such a movement and their practical application. As both an informative and inspiring piece of research it is considered a jewel amongst historians and rebel hearts. he largest community of its kind in Europe at the time, millions of peasants and urban workers successfully established a society based on equality, mutual aid, participatory democracy, and self-organization – all without a central state or government. This fascinating yet largely unknown social experiment was eventually destroyed by forces from inside and outside the country.
Anarchists interviewed: Miguel Alba, Ramón Álvarez, Federico Arcos, Marcelino Bailo, María Batet, Severino Campos, Francisco Carrasquer, Miguel Celma, Valerio Chiné; José España, José Fortea, Juan Giménez, Antonio Lahuerta, Concha Liaño, Fidel Miró, Aurora Molina, Heleno Molina, Conxa Pérez, Suceso Portales, Dolors Prat, Ximo Queirol, Maravillas Rodríguez, Juan Romero, Manuel Sanz, Liberto Sarrau, José Sauces, Josep Serra Estruch, Antonio Turón, José Urzáiz, Antonio Zapata.
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