En defensa del honor patrio. Un caso de censura en la II República Española
- Elena Acosta Guerrero (coord.)
Editorial: Cabildo Insular de Gran Canaria
Año de publicación: 2014
Páginas: 956-966
Congreso: Coloquio de Historia Canario-Americana (20. 2012. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria)
Tipo: Aportación congreso
Resumen
During the thirties many governments of different political tendencies became aware of the enormous influence of cinema on society. Almost all of them, even the democratic ones, hastened to control the content of the movies through censorship. Grand Canary, a 1934 Fox Film Corporation, it became a very controversial film in Spain because the way it represented the social situation of the Canary Islands in those years. Worried about the serious prejudices the film could make to the touristic image of the islands, the government of the Spanish Second Republic decided to ban the public exhibition of the movie in its territory.