Spanish Cinema against ItselfSpanish Cinema against Itself maps the evolution of Spanish surrealist and politically committed cinematic traditions from their origins in the 1930swith the work of Luis Buuel and Salvador Dal, experimentalist Jos Val de Omar, and militant documentary filmmaker Carlos Velothrough to the contemporary period. Framed by film theory this book traces the works of understudied and non canonical Spanish filmmakers, producers, and film collectives to open up