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My Grandmother’s House
(La Casa de mi Abuela)

Directed by Adán Aliaga.
Spain, 2005, digital video, color, 80 min.
Spanish with English subtitles.

Adán Aliaga’s moving documentary chronicles the lives of suburban Spaniards living under threat of displacement. Six-year-old Marina plays to the camera, ignoring the chiding of her aged grandmother, Marita who reflects on the history of her crumbling house where she has lived for over fifty-three years. As her neighborhood is targeted for redevelopment, she is forced to come to terms with her past.

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