Somorrostro and the hidden history of Barcelona’s shanty towns
Filling the Sink
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The History of Barcelona and Samurustro
I was chatting with Alonza after the on camera interview and he was telling me that he was, I think it really meant a lot to him that it resonated with so many people. He told me that viewers in Mexico and in Brazil had seen it. One of the students got back to him saying that thanks to this documentary she found out her grandfather had lived in a shanty town not in Barcelona but in southern Catalonia. So there's still some of the oldest residents you know they could easily be in their 80s, 90s today but they still have children and grandchildren who are tied to this history. You just don't think that that was once the case in Barcelona.
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