Samuel: Hollywood vs Hollywood
Juan Antonio Tirado
Jose Cabanach
Spain, 2023, 110 min.
In English & Spanish with Spanish & English subtitles.
This film is family friendly.
Samuel: Hollywood vs. Hollywood encapsulates the essence of the epic of a great man of cinema, Samuel Bronston. A dreamer with his feet on the ground, who believed in his destiny and played all his trump cards with passion, to build a film empire that shook the iron structures of Hollywood power. Bronston created in Spain a parallel Hollywood much bigger than the Californian one and that provoked the wrath of an industry that ended up devouring and destroying him.
Director's Statement
Juan Antonio Tirado is a journalist who has more than thirty-eight years of experience in the world of communication, in press, radio and television. This is his first foray into the world of cinema, although he is familiar with storytelling, as he has already done in his books: Gettysburg 1863, Feliciano López.
José Cabanach He has shot, as a screenwriter and director, dozens of documentaries on five continents for National Geographic, Fox and Turner. His work has been recognized with numerous international awards, such as the Gold Medal for best documentary on history at the 2015 New York Festival.
Category: Documentary.
Themes: Cinema, Historical, World Cinema.
Monday, April 22
The Screening Room
6:00pm
Filmmaker in Attendance
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