"No evading the problem"

Collection title

Tarasca

ID

TV300008

Source

TV3 (ES)

First broadcast date

06/05/2002

Production year

2002

Abstract

This documentary is about the personal and professional life of the writer, journalist and artist Avel·lí Artís Gener, Tísner, known for his struggle in defense of the Catalan language and culture during the Franco dictatorship. The report follows his life from birth, to the time he spent at the front fighting against Franco’s troops, his escape to France with his family, his exile in Mexico, his return to Barcelona and his final years, when he received cultural and social recognition for his commitment to Catalan culture. It includes images shown for the first time of his stay in Mexico, in which his friend, and brother-in-law, Pere Calders, also appears.

Type

video

Production companies

• TV3 - Own production

Broadcaster

TV3 - 33

Audiovisual form

Documentary

Primary theme

Art, Culture and Knowledge

Secondary themes

• Contemporary historical challenges 19th-20th c.

Credits / Cast

• Solé Felip - Director
• Mabilon Lluis - Producer
• Solé Felip - Journalist
• Rodriguez Noemi - Journalist
• Finestres Jordi - Author of existing work

Period of events

• From 1925 to 1950

Map locations

• Spain - North - Catalonia
• Spain - North - Barcelona

Original language

Catalan

Media running time

28m27

Additional information

Black and white photos of Avel-li Gener's childhood, actions, family and exile in Mexico First pages of old newspapers Mexico's TV images