Holy Week in Azkoitia

Decade: 1930

Director

Nemesio Otaño

Year

1932

Runtime

3 mins

Notes

Images from the telecine transfer of a 16mm reel deposited at the Basque Film Archive by Juan Bautista Mendizabal.

Synopsis / description

Footage of the Holy Week procession in Azkoitia (Gipuzkoa), filmed in 1932. The procession can be seen leaving the parish church of Santa María la Real and passing through Calle Mayor in the town. This is the first film recording made in Azkoitia and is the work of Nemesio Otaño. That year (1932), there were fears for the future of the procession in the town, due to disagreements between the Government and the Church.

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