Gernika Lives is a 40-minute documentary about the bombing of Gernika and the Basque people of Euskadi in Northern Spain. Introduced and narrated by John Randolph (Spanish and Euskera with English Voice Over)

The little town of Gernika was blazed mercilessly, killing a third of the townspeople as a pre -Spanish Civil War warning attack aided by combined nazi - fascist allied forces on the side of Franco. This was the first ever air raid, and the initial test ground for the emerging new technology called blitzkrieg, where large masses of innocent civilians would mercilessly be attacked from the air with falling bombs.

This evil event prompted Picasso to paint the famous work of art, Guernica.

This documentary film was shot in 1987 for the 50th Anniversary of the bombing of Gernika. It is made up of interviews with the survivors, as they remember that horrific day on April 26, 1937 and continue to endlessly question why their identity must be threatened and their ancient precious culture defamed by outside forces. The Basques are considered to be the indigenous tribesmen of Europe, and Gernika is the heart and holy land of Euskadi.

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