In 1936, a right-wing military coup tried to overthrow the new, legally elected, democratic government of Spain. Hitler and Mussolini quickly joined the fight on the side of the fascist military. In response, and against the wishes of the U.S. government, about 80 American women joined over 2700 of their countrymen to volunteer for the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War. This film is composed of interviews with and excerpts from the letters, journals, and published writings of some of these women, as well as of supporters and sympathizers including Martha Gellhorn, Eleanor Roosevelt, Virginia Cowles, Josephine Herbst, and Dorothy Parker.
Julia Newman
Director, Writer
Martha Gellhorn
Self
Evelyn Hutchins
Self
Esther Silverstein Blanc
Self
Ruth Davidow
Self
Helen Freeman Feinberg
Self
Salaria Kea O'Reilly
Self
Celia Greenspan Seborer
Self
Irene Goldin Speigel
Self
Victoria Ryan
Virginia Coweles (Voice)
Padomju stāsts73%
Why We Fight: Prelude to War64%
For Sama82%
Korengal66%
2000 Meters to Andriivka79%
City of Ghosts72%
They Shall Not Grow Old77%
The Bloody Hundredth71%
Let There Be Light73%
Nazi Concentration Camps77%
Last Days in Vietnam72%
The Battle of San Pietro61%
20 Days in Mariupol81%
WWII From Space74%
Nail Bomber: Manhunt65%
The Age of Stupid65%
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound68%
Virunga79%
Father Soldier Son65%
The Unknown Known68%
