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The Mexican Suitcase

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The Mexican Suitcase

2011· 1h 26m

Documentary

Directed by Trisha Ziff

8.1/ 10

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Philo

Philo

YouTube TV

YouTube TV

Fandor Amazon Channel

Fandor Amazon Channel

DocuramaFilms Amazon Channel

DocuramaFilms Amazon Channel

Overview

The story of the recovery of the negatives of thousands of photos taken by three photographers during the Spanish Civil War that were found seventy years later in a suitcase, inside a closet in Mexico City.

Cast

Ernest Alós

Himself

Juan Diego Botto

Juan Diego Botto

Himself

Antonio de la Fuente Ferraz

Himself

Gerda Taro

Herself (archive footage)

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