Women on the Razor's Edge: Josefina Molina's Television Dramas During the Spanish Transition
A Centre for Interdisciplinary Film Research seminar | |
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Speaker(s) | Natalia Martinez Perez |
Date | 12 June 2013 |
Time | 16:00 to 17:00 |
Place | Building:One Marchant Syndicate Room A |
Event details
The Spanish Transition was a crucial era in the country’s history, centred as it was around many interesting political and cultural events. Dictator Francisco Franco’s death in 1975 marked the beginning of major radical changes in Spanish society, one of which was the renaissance of the Spanish Feminist Movement. This shift ended a long period of censorship in film and television under Franco’s rule, with visual media providing the opportunity to transgress previously strict codes with absolute freedom.
The newfound freedom of the Transition resulted in one of the most prolific periods in Spanish cinema history, while television performed the important pedagogical function of communicating to Spanish audiences the virtues of the fledgling democracy. Within this context, Spanish women started working behind the camera; Cecilia Bartolomé, Pilar Miró and Josefina Molina were the first generation of female directors to graduate from the Official Film School of Spain. Focusing on the television dramas of Josefina Molina, this paper will analyse the ways in which female characters and plots reflected the political and social transformations that took place during Spanish Transition.
Location:
Building:One Marchant Syndicate Room A