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Black is Beltza II: Ainhoa filma 2022ko irailaren 30ean iritsiko da Hego Euskal Herriko zinema aretoetara. Fermin Muguruzak sortutako proiektua Gerra Hotzaren amaieran kokatuko da, eta Manex Unanueren alaba, Ainhoa, izango da protagonista.

Fermin Muguruzak orain bi urte Donostia Zinemaldian aurkeztu zuen ekoizpenaren jarraipenak badu estreinaldirako data. Animaziozko film luzeen nazioarteko koprodukzioak sustatzeko Cartoon Movie foroan parte hartu du berriki Black is Beltza II: Ainhoa proiektuak, eta 2022ko irailaren 30ean iritsiko da Hego Euskal Herriko zinema aretoetara. Filmaz gain, soinu bandaren diskoa eta Susanna Martín ilustratzaileak sortutako komikia ere aurkeztuko dituzte, transmedia proiektua borobilduz.

Isa Campo gidoilariak eta Harkaitz Cano idazleak idatzi dute istorioa, eta Imanol Zinkunegi izan da animazio zuzendaria. Beñat Beitia arduratu da arte zuzendaritzaz eta marina Omedes zein karin de Krook lan egin dute Bartzelonako estudioetan. Josep Homsek sortu ditu 2D eta 3D diseinuak, eta Talka Records Filmesk ekoiztu du.

Manex Unanueren alaba, Ainhoa, izango da protagonista eta Gerra Hotzaren amaieran kokatuko da. Lehen filmeko gertakari horietatik bi hamarkada beranduago jaio zen alaba La Pazen (Bolivia), eraso parapolizial baten ondorioz Amanda ama hil ondoren. Gaztea Kuban hazi zen eta 1988an, 21 urte zituela, Euskal Herrira joan zen aitaren lurra ezagutzera.

Euskal Herrira egindako bidaia horretan, Azken Guda Dantza emanaldira joateko aukera izango du, Kortatu taldeak eskainitako azken kontzertua. Horrez gain, Josune kazetari konprometitua eta haren adiskideak ezagutuko ditu ere; garaiotako gazte belaunaldian heroinak utzitako arrastoa gertutik bizituko du, eta narkotrafikoak gogor astindutako Kabul, Sobietar Batasuna eta Marsella bezalako helmugak ezagutzeko aukera izango du. Baita heroinak astindutako Euskal Herria ere. Ariadna Gil, Antonio de la Torre, Yashmine Kris, Itziar Ituño, Darko Peric, Gorka Otxoa, Jon Plazaola, Maria Cruickshank eta Ander Lipus dira protagonistei ahotsa jarri dieten aktoreak.

Proiektuaren arduradunek iragarri dute aurki zabalduko dutela informazio gehiago. Gaur gaurkoz, kartelaren teaserra.

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October 5, 2021

euskalkazeta.org ➝ Basque Cultural Day, an event that normally takes place every two years at the Basque Cultural Center in South San Francisco, is being presented virtually this year on Saturday, Oct. 23. As a result, people all over the globe can participate in this educational day, called “On Our Own Together.” The Basque Educational Organization (BEO), sponsor of the event, has a spectacular line-up of speakers on a variety of Basque topics.

Special guests who will appear include Xabier Irujo, the Director of the Center of Basque Studies, and writer and musician David Romtvedt, both speaking about poet Joxe Mari Iparragirre. Art critic and UNR professor Larraitz Ariznabarreta will talk about Basque abstract artists, graduate student Nic Smith will speak on revolution and ethnicity, and Basque music expert Mikaela Goicoechea will talk about the history of popular Basque music.

After choosing the speakers, the BEO directors met with them several times in preparation for the Cultural Day. Each time “we have stepped away energized, intrigued, and wanting more. Sharing this experience is an honor we don’t take lightly,” said Anna Marie Etcheverria, chair of BEO.

BEO’s webpage on the Cultural Day presents several interesting short video chats with each of the Cultural Day guests. “We put together some fun videos so you can ‘meet’ everyone before Oct. 23rd and learn a bit about the individuals and characters they’ll be talking about,” Etcheverria said

The Zoom presentation will run from 1 – 5 p.m. The Zoom information will be on the BEO webpage in a few days. Each speaker will start their presentation approximately at the top of each hour. The BEO is encouraging viewers to organize their own viewing parties at home. If you want to organize a viewing party and sign up on their page, they will send you a packet with BEO kerchiefs and some other items to help viewers get in the mood.

Xabier Irujo and David Romtvedt will speak at 1 p.m. about their recent  translation of poems of Joxe Mari Iparragirre, whose poems include the lyrics of the song “Tree of Gernika.” Click here to buy a copy of Iparragirre’s book on Amazon. To hear the video chats with Irujo, click here. To catch a bit of Romtvedt, click here.

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Professor Larraitz Ariznabarreta

Ariznabarreta teaches classes on Basque art, literature and culture at the University of Nevada Reno. She will talk about three modern Basque abstract artists born during Franco’s dictatorship. She will discuss their work and how the Basque Country has changed after Franco. For video chats with Ariznabarreta, click here.

Nic Smith

Nic Smith, a graduate student at UCLA, will talk about “Black is Beltza,” an animated film by musician Fermin Muguruza about a freedom fighter named Manex. To hear more from Smith, click here.

Mikaela Goicoechea

Goicoechea is the current Music Program director for North American Basque Organizations and has launched Foku Musikala, a monthly Basque song from YouTube, with Spotify links, lyrics and vocabulary. She has also created Basque playlists on Spotify. Click here to see the videos with Goicoechea.

A video on the making of the animated film “Black is Beltza.”

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Basque Educational Organitation @basqueeducationalorg– San Francisco. Drumroll please! Our third presenter at this year’s Basque Cultural Day is Nicholas Smith! Nic will be discussing the animated film Black is Beltza, directed by Fermin Muguruza @muguruzafm , which follows freedom fighter Manex’s journey through revolution and racial discrimination. A graduate student at UCLA, Smith’s research focuses on how the dual impacts of globalization and the end of ETA’s armed activity are reflected in the cultural production of the Basque Country since 2011. Haven’t seen the film yet? It’s available on Netflix

Watch Nic Smith’s Introduction to Basque Cultural day, 2021
See full program of Basque Cultural day 2021 
Basque Educational Organization