Spanish Teen Rally

Spanish Teen Rally is a 2014 Spanish documentary film directed by Amparo Fortuny.[1][2] The film delves into the world of a group of teenagers whose protests in defense of Public Education triggered the so-called Valencian Spring.[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.[9][10][11]

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

The feature documentary Spanish Teen Rally (Estudiar en primavera) premiered at Cineteca Matadero Madrid. Centre for Contemporary Creation.[12][13][14] It was well received by the media and has been screened internationally at various film festivals.[15][16][17][18]

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.[19][20][21] This sparked the interest of Parents Associations and both Student and International Organisations, such as Amnesty International[22] and Save the Children.[23][24][25]

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.[26] The video clip repeatedly conveys, from a light hearted point of view, the attitude of the main characters in the film.[27] 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.[28]

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.[29][30]

References
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  2. Vañó Vicedo, Raquel; García Sáez, José Antonio (May 2015). "La protesta social: ejercicio y represión". Educar la mirada. Documentales para una enseñanza crítica de los derechos humanos. Valencia: Tirant lo Blanc. pp. 171–180. ISBN 9788490866344.
  3. "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.
  4. Tremlett, Giles (2012-02-21). "Valencia police and students clash over education cuts". The Guardian. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
  5. "Thousands take to Valencia streets in protest against police violence and education cuts". El País. 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
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  7. "'Estudiar en primavera', un documental que recuerda la 'primavera valenciana'". 30 January 2014.
  8. "Todavía es primavera-Sociedad-El Periódico". El Periódico de Catalunya. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
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  12. "Las mañanas de cuatro". Cuatro (in Spanish). 30 January 2014. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  13. "ESTUDIAR EN PRIMAVERA Amparo Fortuny Start date January 30 2014". Matadero Madrid. Centre for Contemporary Creation. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  14. "Películas. La Vanguardia". LA VANGUARDIA. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
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  17. "El documental Estudiar en Primavera se preestrena en OCCC y la UV". LA VANGUARDIA. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  18. Andrés Durà, Raquel (2015-03-03). "Documental Amparo Fortuny". LA VANGUARDIA. Valencia. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  19. "Police beat students in riots in Valencia". Time. Demotix.com. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
  20. "THE RIOTS IN VALENCIA. - Front Page". The New York Times. 2012-06-10. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
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  22. "Ante la respuesta policial a las manifestaciones estudiantiles en Valencia: Amnistía Internacional Valencia - Derechos Humanos". Amnesty International. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
  23. "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.
  24. "Diez días de primavera valenciana". Levante-EMV. 27 February 2012. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
  25. Oliver, Pedro; Urda, Jesús-Carlos (2019). "The Repression of Protest in Spain after 15-M". Social Justice. 46 (2/3 (156)): 75–100. JSTOR 26952574. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
  26. "Vídeo 'Ley y moral' de Klaus & Kinski". jenesaispop.com. 30 March 2010. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
  27. "Un documental sobre los alumnos del Lluís Vives y la 'primavera valenciana' se preestrena en el". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 11 February 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
  28. "Intolerance (1916)". Filmsite.org. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
  29. "Biography". The Carl Davis Collection. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
  30. "Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) : Alternate Versions". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
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