ATEAK ZABALDUZ / ABRIENDO PUERTAS (2014)

Squatting movement in the Basque Country

Basque Country. Direction: Juanmi Gutiérrez. Production: Kany Peñalba / Zazpi t’erdi. Screenplay: Juanmi Gutiérrez. Photography: Juanmi Gutiérrez. Edition: Juanmi Gutiérrez. Running time: 89 min

LANGUAGE: Basque, Spanish / SUBTITLES: Spanish

Doors kicked in, squats, police attacks, street violence... these are some of the stereotypes commonly associated with the squatting movement. But hidden beneath the surface of these prejudices there is nevertheless a complex reality of a wealth that points us back towards ideologies and living choices that we believed had been shelved over the course of history.

Latest documentary from Juanmi Gutiérrez, helmer of titles such as Motema na ngai (2008), La plaza de la música. Historias de amianto (2012) and Mur-mur / Murmullos (2012).

TALK: Juanmi Gutiérrez (director), Iñaki Garmendia "Pirata" (participant at the documentary – resident at Arditurri mines), Markel Ormazabal (Sociology student)