'La Cantera' mass grave

Spanish Civil War mass grave works in La Puebla de los Infantes, Sevilla (April 2009)

The estimated number of the executed by the francoists is 200,000, mostly civilians (S.Juliá, “Victimas de la Guerra Civil”, Planeta, Barcelona, 2005) Researchers for the mapping of mass graves programme in Andalucia estimate over 648 sites and 53,000 victims in that region alone.

'La Cantera' mass grave from Jose Velazquez, Documentarian on Vimeo.

Fascist repression in Seville, Spain

This clip is an excerpt from 'Tierra', a personal documentary project on the subject.

Here, I talk to archaeologist Juan Luis Castro from 'Foro por la Memoria', who comments on the scale of the repression that followed Franco’s victory in Seville.

Fascist repression in Seville, Spain from Jose Velazquez, Documentarian on Vimeo.