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Twenty-three year-old, Maite Fraile, gathers video testimonials of Basque youth for “Young Basques in London”

05/15/2012

Maite Fraile, London resident and author of the videos "Young Basques in London"
Maite Fraile, London resident and author of the videos "Young Basques in London"

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Maite Fraile is a Basque girl from Aretxabaleta and she has published a video, on-line, that gathers interviews that she conducted recently with Basque youth in London. The youth talked about how they came to London and include Maite Romero (Eibar), Aida Merino (Aretxabaleta), Naiara Arri (Sopelana, London Basque club member), Imanol Arrutia (Artzentales), Olmar Elejaga (Galdakao) and Mikel Elkoro (Bergara). All the interviews were conducted in Basque and one in Spanish, depending on the preference of the speaker.

London, England.  The interviews can be seen on the GazteAukera blog under the post entitled “Basques in London,” with images by Maite Fraile.  One interviews with Maite Fraile herself can be read in Spanish in the post "London is calling: a permanent reference among young people."

The first part of the report by Maite Fraile includes interviews with Maite Romero (Eibar), Aida Merino (Aretxabaleta), Naiara Arri (Sopelana), Imanol Arrutia (Artzentales), Olmar Elejaga (Galdakao) and Mikel Elkoro (Bergara).  One of the interviews was done at London’s Euskal Etxea with Naiara Arri, one of the coordinators of the London Basque Society-Euskal Elkartea.

The second part includes those aforementioned talking about their circumstances and the different work that they do in the city of the Thames, including an interview with the filmmaker herself explaining the reason that she came to London.  Both videos are sprinkled with drawings and landscapes of day to day life in London.

 



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