The Pegaso Generation
2012 / TV3
Documentary
Synopsis
Paco, Andreu, Talo, Manolo and Pepito met in the late 1960s. They were in their twenties and worked in Barcelona at one of the most important state-owned factories of Franco’s dictatorship: the Pegaso automotive plant. United by their ideals, they organized divisions of the CCOO workers’ union and the PSUC socialist party, then clandestine. They risked their lives, and the well-being of their families, in the struggle to improve labour conditions, and against Franco. Some suffered imprisonment, were forced into hiding, lost their jobs. Only the strong bonds of friendship enabled them to overcome the obstacles and make the Pegaso factory a pioneer in attaining workers’ rights during Spain’s transition to democracy.
Additional Information
A coproduction of Diagonal Televisió and Televisió de Catalunya, with the support of the Institut Català de les Empreses Culturals (Generalitat de Catalunya). Original version: Catalan/Spanish Format: HD 16:9
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59
Duration
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Isabel Andrés Portí
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Isabel Andrés Portí
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