Basque Cinema

Tucked between the Pyrenees and the Cantabrian Mountains along the northern coast of Spain and southwestern France, the greater Basque Country (Euskal Herria) comprises the Spanish provinces of Álava, Guipúzcoa, and Viscaya, as well as parts of Navarre, and the French provinces of Labourd, Lower Navarre, and Soule. In all, there are around 3 million persons living in the region. The Basque people predate the arrival of agriculture in the Iberian Peninsula, which occurred around 7000 years ago, and speak a language, Euskara, that is unrelated to the Indo-European languages. During the Franco era (1939-1975) the use of Euskara, as well as...