BAREFOOT IN THE KITCHEN (CON LA PATA QUEBRADA) A film by Diego Galán NOW AVAILABLE FOR EDUCATIONAL PURCHASE “A detailed and delicious study of the role of women in our cinema, and our country [Spain].” – VANITY FAIR “[Diego Galán's] contention is that popular cinema implicitly reveals something of contemporaneous social circumstances, and that therefore Spains tumultuous 20th-century and the concurrent prevailing attitudes towards women are reflected in its cinema and female characters.” - EYE FOR FILM Featuring archival footage from 180 movies, Barefoot in the Kitchen chronicles how Spanish cinema has portrayed the evolution of women. Humorously narrated, the film begins during the early 1930s in the Second Republic, and it goes through the Spanish Civil War, Francos regime, and the restoration of the constitutional monarchy. Through the enjoyable film clips themselves -such as Maria Felix in "Mare Nostrum" and Marisa Paredes in "All About My Mother"- reflecting changes in the political sphere, Galán, a noted Spanish film critic and scholar, demonstrates how landmarks in the recent history of Spain can be directly indicated by shifts in social mores in cinema. Co-produced by Pedro Almodóvar, Barefoot in the Kitchen is an indispensable resource for Womens Studies, Global Feminism, Cinema and Media Studies, sociology, and Ibero-American Studies, among other disciplines. FESTIVALS & AWARDS Goya Awards - Best Documentary Nomination Platino Awards - Best Documentary Award Marseille Cine-Horizontes Film Festival - Best Documentary Cannes Film Festival Order the DVD at http://pragda.com/films/barefoot-in-the-kitchen [1] View Pragdas NEW RELEASES at http://pragda.com/films [2] ABOUT PRAGDA PRAGDA is a cultural initiative that specializes in offering Latin American and Spanish films of educational interest for students focused in Latin American studies, Spanish and Portuguese language studies, ethnic studies, womens studies, history, sociology, politics, art and media studies, and international studies among others. Our collection includes films by such notable directors as Lucía Puenzo, Juan Carlos Valdivia, Fernando Trueba, Pablo Larraín, Mariana Rondón, and many others. To learn more about Pragda, visit www.pragda.com [3] Links: ------ [1] http://pragda.com/films/barefoot-in-the-kitchen [2] http://pragda.com/films [3] http://www.pragda.com/ ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: https://listserv.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html