Civil War
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Early inspiration for the movie came from an unpublished play written by poet Federico Garcia Lorca, who was executed by fascist forces at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War in 1936.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026
The whitewashed building, which has been here since the days of the American Civil War, rises from the surrounding scrub and sits about 200 yards from the Rio Grande river itself.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
“To write a film about Lorca and the Civil War called for something refreshing, something pop, something that entices you to look at the screen, something new — and he has it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
The American Civil War was a tough act to follow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
They fought in Sherman’s devastating “March to the Sea” and in the last battle of the Civil War at the Battle of Columbus on the Georgia-Alabama border.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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