Spanish Teen Rally

Spanish Teen Rally is a 2014 Spanish documentary film directed by Amparo Fortuny.[1] The film delves into the world of a group of teenagers whose protests in defense of Public Education triggered the so-called Valencian Spring.[2][3][4][5] It was the very first experience of protest for many of them and lead to their crash with reality.[6][7] Not only did these teenagers become the symbol of the student protests throughout Spain;[8] they also became a reflection of the youth's disenchantment facing an uncertain future in a country where the austerity policies are beginning to seriously affect society.

Spanish Teen Rally (English)
Estudiar en primavera (Spanish)
Directed byAmparo Fortuny
Produced byMikel Iribarren
Amparo Fortuny
Written byAmparo Fortuny
Music byKlaus & Kinski(Ley y moral)
Carl Davis (Intolerance)
Joseph Carl Breil (Intolerance)
CinematographyCarlos Beltrán Lázaro
Edited byMikel Iribarren
Production
company
Mikel Iribarren P.C.
The Next Day Films
Distributed byThe Next Day Films
Release date
2014
Running time
53 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish
Valencian

In the documentary we find testimonials from students from 13 to 19 years of age with shocking images of the demonstrations together with foregrounds of the young protagonists enduring police charges and the destruction of children icons (dolls, balloons, cakes and confetti, etc..)

Starting point

In February 2012 the students of the Lluís Vives High school participated in several demonstrations to protest against the cutbacks in the educational budgets of the Valencian Autonomous Community. The police’s performance in those demonstrations was extremely controversial and appeared in many international media.[9][10][11] This sparked the interest of Parents Associations and both Student and International Organisations, such as Amnesty International[12] and Save the Children.[13][14]

Music

The soundtrack is formed by the track "Law and Moral" of the band from Murcia Klaus & Kinski and a small piece of Joseph Carl Breil’s composition for the 1916 film Intolerance by D. W. Griffith.

"Law and Moral" is the leit motif of the documentary.[15] The video clip repeatedly conveys, from a light hearted point of view, the attitude of the main characters in the film.[16] This attitude on occasions is energetic and enthusiastic, and nihilist and disenchanted on others.

The musical segment of Intolerance belongs to the battle and fall of Babylonia (minute 90’). The film alternatively describes stories of injustice. Each of these stories, from different ages and cultures, share the themes of inhumanity, intolerance, hypocrisy, persecution, discrimination and injustice that different social, religious and political systems have reached throughout time.[17]

Intolerance was restored in 1989 by Thames Television for Channel 4. The version that appears in Spanish Teen Rally is the digital recording by the Symphonic Radio Orchestra of Luxembourg conducted by Carl Davis.[18][19]

References
  1. "Cuando febrero fue primavera | Valencia". El Mundo. Spain. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
  2. "Spanish police clash violently with students: "I don't understand how the situation degenerated so fast"". The Observers. France 24. 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
  3. Tremlett, Giles (2012-02-21). "Valencia police and students clash over education cuts". The Guardian. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
  4. "Thousands take to Valencia streets in protest against police violence and education cuts". El País. 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
  5. "Austerity anger spills into 'Valencia Spring' protests". RT. 2013-02-27. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
  6. http://www.lasexta.com/noticias/cultura/documental-muestra-cruel-realidad-primavera-valenciana_2014012600114.html
  7. http://www.cuatro.com/las-mananas-de-cuatro/2014/enero/30-01-2014/Primavera_valenciana_2_1740930103.html
  8. "Todavía es primavera-Sociedad-El Periódico". El Periódico de Catalunya. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
  9. "Police beat students in riots in Valencia". Time. Demotix.com. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
  10. "THE RIOTS IN VALENCIA. - Front Page". The New York Times. 2012-06-10. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
  11. "Spain protest over riot police beatings in Valencia". BBC. 2012-02-21. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
  12. "Ante la respuesta policial a las manifestaciones estudiantiles en Valencia: Amnistía Internacional Valencia - Derechos Humanos". Amnesty International. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
  13. "Save the Children pide que se investigue si hubo maltrato policial a menores. Vizcaya". El Correo. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
  14. "Diez días de primavera valenciana". Levante-EMV. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
  15. "Vídeo 'Ley y moral' de Klaus & Kinski". jenesaispop.com. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
  16. "Un documental sobre los alumnos del Lluís Vives y la 'primavera valenciana' se preestrena en el". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2013-09-22.
  17. "Intolerance (1916)". Filmsite.org. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
  18. "Biography". The Carl Davis Collection. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
  19. "Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) : Alternate Versions". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
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