Five directors portray five Basque political prisoners.

A young woman counts the days remaining before she is arrested.

A man returns to society after 17 years in prison.

A mother records every phone conversation she had with her imprisoned daughter on 125 cassette tapes.

An intellect and professor of journalism tries to find himself from the solitude of his cell.

And a former ETA leader reconnects with a close friend from his youth, now a filmmaker.

"Windows Looking Inward" gives a brief insight into the lives of the people behind the bars, behind the events, behind the headlines.

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It was a time when life was like a suspense novel and you never knew how it would end. But life is stranger than fiction, and now, more than sixty years later, The Last Passage returns to the scene of one fateful night in a farmhouse in the North Basque Country where six strangers from five different countries were arrested. The strands of each person’s story unravel to tell the wider tale of the hundreds of ordinary people who formed a vast escape network during WWII, the Comet Line.

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Basque dance choreographer Mizel Theret reunites three legendary Basque dancers, Philippe Oyhamburu, Jean Nesprias and Koldo Zabala, who have dedicated their lives to the promotion of Basque dance.  Mizel creates a contemporary dance piece for them and this documentary captures this process from the initial planning and rehearsals to the public performance. 

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The BEO will host a meet and greet reception with the directors before the screening (wine & cheese). To attend, please RSVP to Nicole Sorhondo at Info@BasqueEd.org

Using testimonials from natives and residents of Oiartzun, Gipuzkoa, this documentary investigates the impact of varying forms of violence (ETA, police, politicians, state, psychological...) has had on the Basque Nationalists Left movement. In order to do so, Ander Iriarte, the director of this documentary, has the intention to use the environment he knows best as a reflection of something bigger...

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