Pedro Almodovar Presents the Doc. "The Silence of Others" Francos Hold On Spain

"The Silence of Others" is a documentary film, 6 years in the making that reveals what transpired under General Franco's 40 year dictatorship of Spain and the ongoing pain.  Dir/producer Almudena Carracedo's (b. Spain 1972) courageous & eye-opening doc. reveals the Parliamentary Amnesty granted in 1977 for both political prisoners who opposed Franco and government officials in Franco's regime.  Carracedo doesn't delve into the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) nor portray to a large degree   life under Franco's 40 year dictatorship; 1939 until his death in 1975.   The substance of "The Silence of Others" is the orchestrated absence of knowledge of historic events incurred by Spain's "Amnesty Laws".  Both political prisoners opposed to Francos' fascist rule and Nationalist cabinet members empowered under Franco were absolved.  The majority of Nationalist cabinet members retained their political positions posthumously.  Franco rose to power in 1939 abetted by Hitler & Mussolini.  Franco's Nationalist forces overthrew the democratic elected  2nd Republic.  What's mainly equated with Spain's Civil War is Picasso's mural "Guernica" which hangs in Madrid and also speaks to crimes against humanity under Franco.  "Guernica" was momentarily spotted on screen.  Carracedo's award winning doc. is a minuscule history lesson of Spain from 1930s-1970s.  The film serves to enlighten the world on the acquiesced acceptance that disavows the genocide & torture of hundreds of thousands of people opposed to Francos oppressive rule.  Young people in Spain appeared unaware of "Amnesty Law" passed in 1977 or of brutal crimes & mass murders during Franco's rule.  Many felt it better not to speak of the witnessed horrors to their families, schools didn't address Spain's 20th C history and the perpetrators of crimes against humanity enabled themselves pardons.  The purported justification was not to open sore wounds in the best interest of healing & uniting the country.  Certainly, it was in the best interest of the Nationalists guilty of committing atrocities.  The "Pact of Forgetting" or untouchable justice is in fact, no justice.  It's shocking to learn of the infants stolen from their mothers for eugenics plodding taking place through the 80s.  Carracedo's doc. gets buried under the long-drawn-out legal proceedings to invoke justice.   Legal battles have been waged in Argentina for more than 8 years to extradite accused Nationalists who tortured, killed and stole infants since they are immune in Spain. The questions raised about white-washing history are prescient and omnipotent.  The ongoing proceedings to recover remains of loved ones feels remote & of lesser consequence. "The Silence of Others" would benefit from major editing and redirecting its lens on how, why and the implications of dismissing and rewriting history.