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The Good Fight - The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War [VHS]

Noel Buckner (Director), Mary Dore (Director) | Rated: NR | Format: VHS Tape
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews) |

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  • Directors: Noel Buckner, Mary Dore, Sam Sills
  • Format: Black & White, Color, NTSC
  • Rated: NR (Not Rated)
  • Number of tapes: 1
  • Studio: Kino Video
  • VHS Release Date: June 27, 2000
  • Run Time: 98 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: 6301696840
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #179,683 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
VERY MOVING! June 3, 2006
Format:VHS Tape
This documentary is about the Lincoln Brigades, the 3200 Americans who volunteered to fight with the Republic during the Spanish Civil War. Half of them were killed. This was a group of Americans who were willing to give their lives for their ideals. However, when they came back to the U.S., many were blacklisted as Communists and had trouble finding jobs. It was interesting to see that American women and African Americans participated in the Lincoln brigades. One of the African American soldiers says that he had never been treated with so much respect as when he was fighting in Spain. Also, the people talk about how moving it was when they had to leave. There was a celebration for them in Barcelona and Spaniards were so thankful to these people for their help. For many, this feeling of solidarity made the whole experience worthwhile. All of them claim that they never regretted going and that it was the best thing they had ever done in their lives. One man says that at times he would become cynical and believe that one could never win the "good fight" (the title of the video) because Spain was the good fight and they lost. Nevertheless, all of the people interviewed seem to have remained politically active throughout their lives. At the end you see some of them marching in Washington D.C. against U.S. aid to the death squads in El Salvador in the 1980's. Very touching!
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11 of 14 people found the following review helpful
A very interesting movie March 18, 2000
By A Customer
Format:VHS Tape
A very interesting movie about the Lincoln Brigade's participation in the Spanish Civil War. The fact that America was so cruel and discriminatory to them after the war and that it didn't support the war efforts despite the fact that 75% of the people did is sad. Even now, those who went to fight for the Republic in Spain are being incorrectly viewed as fighting for communism when they were just fighting for freedom
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
First Love September 18, 2001
By A Customer
Format:VHS Tape
As an American who loves Spain, I never quite understood the reasons behind the Spanish Civil War. This movie helps explain it from a Democratic/Republican point-of-view. The characters are young men and women who fought for the freedom that the US of A enjoys. They in turn fell in love with Spain. Great documentary. Excellent editing. When will they put it on DVD?
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Impressive Film from Amazon
I had heard of the Lincoln Brigade since my childhood, as my mom had various friends who had served in it, but really, I knew very little about it until I saw this film. Read more
Published 21 days ago by Joan Engelhaupt
Big Disappointment: a sell out to the real vets, dishonest
While the basis for this movie had good intentions the director and producers obviously sold out to one vet specifically who had only his own ego and interest in being a part of... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Dogbite
Bill Bailey, my hero
Watch this, and Support the ALBA foundation, Bailey, Wolfe, Keye, Osheroff, my heroes, this was what America was about, come to think of it this message should stand for all of... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Rufusfirefly
Original films would probably be more interesting
This film consists of some archival footage of the Spanish Civil War and of interviews with former soldiers of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, Americans who fought on behalf of the... Read more
Published on February 21, 2010 by James D. Crabtree
Excellent history documentary.
This is a fine documentary, well researched, quite fair. While it is true that some anti-religeous abuse did occur on the Republican side, it was not nearly as widespread as the... Read more
Published on December 9, 2009 by Michael Busby
Homage to Commitment
I developed a fascination with the Spanish Civil War as a teenager. It may have been the idealistic enchantment of a lost cause, an appreciation of the underside of History, the... Read more
Published on December 13, 2008 by Randy Keehn
Untold History
Franco, with the help of pro-Nazi Americans and with the full support of Adolf Hitler and the Catholic Church was allowed to overthrow a democratically elected government and... Read more
Published on December 8, 2008 by K. Krochman
Biased Anti-Catholic Screed
A high fraction of the membership of the Lincoln Brigade was Communist.
The Reds (aka Republicans) in Spain were simply monsters. Read more
Published on December 6, 2008 by pareto
wow
Everybody should watch this!
Wonderfully done, very crisp, complete, emotional and accurate. Really, there are few documents about the international brigades, but thankfully... Read more
Published on November 11, 2008 by Cornerstone
Helping Spain Would Have Prevented WWII
I've always been of the opinion that World War II could have been averted. Now that I watched "The Good Fight" I am convinced that I was right. Read more
Published on February 10, 2005 by Dr. Carlo Di Maio
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