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Forever Activists: Stories from the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade is a 1990 documentary film by Connie Field and Judith Montell[3] that shares interviews with seven American veterans of the Spanish Civil War who fought for the Loyalist cause during the war and went on to live lives of activism.[4]

Forever Activists
Directed by	Connie Field Judith Montell
Written by	Yasha Aginsky Phil Cousineau Judith Montell
Produced by	Judith Montell[1][2]
Narrated by	Ronnie Gilbert
Edited by	Yasha Aginsky
Distributed by	Tara Releasing
Release date	1990 (1990)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Accolades

It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.[5]

Production

It was narrated by Ronnie Gilbert.[6]

The film makes the point that for many of the men and women who fought in the Spanish Civil War it was just one of a series of continuing social struggles that they believed in. The film's highlight is a reunion of the veterans in Spain in 1986, on the 50th anniversary of the war's outbreak.[7]

See also

• Abraham Lincoln Brigade
• Jewish volunteers in the Spanish Civil War
• Spanish Civil War
• List of American films of 1990

Other documentaries about Jewish activism

• Professional Revolutionary

References

External links

• Forever Activists at IMDb
• BFI

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