Buenos Aires, Argentina. “Jainkoak ez dit barkatzen” (God won’t forgive me) tells the story of a twentieth century person, “whose story deserves to be recused from oblivion,” Josu Martinez emphasizes. He goes on to say that “Lezo Urreiztieta bought thousands of weapons for the Basque antifascist during World War II and risked his life to save hundreds of people and was even on point to end Franco’s life.” The film is based on conversations that Urreiztieta himself had with historian Martin Ugalde, some 35 hours of recorded interviews that include his experiences, presented to the viewer as “a pirate of the sixteenth century born in 1907, by mistake.”
In the words of Martinez “Some passages in the life of Lezo Urreiztieta may seem hard to believe, such as his plan to establish the Basque republic on an island in Mexico; but everything is true, narrated by Lezo himself or by eyewitnesses to the events,” the filmmaker from Bilbao says.
[Trailer of "Jainkoak ez dit barkatzen"]
After its debut at the Donostia Film Festival in 2019 “Jainkoak ez dit barkatzen,” is coming to Buenos Aires as part of the International Political Film Festival. The event will begin at 7:45pm at the Leonardo Favio Hall at the Library at the National Congress.
This won’t be the only showing in Argentina. Martinez will also travel to Comodoro Rivadavia where besides showing his work he will give a course on Basque film at the local university. The Euskal Etxea in Comodoro Rivadavia is also participating in the organization of the film screening.
Documentary’s website, here.
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