S1.E2 ∙ Great Gatherings

Thousands of survivors from the Spanish Civil War fled Spain in 1939 when they were defeated by Franco. Many of them found refuge in France and there were provided both psychological and financial support until 2006 through the ???Spanish Refugee Aid???. The SRA was an American association founded in 1953 by Nancy Macdonald, an anarchist intellectual. Alternating between the past and the present, we will relive some of their story, tinted with revolutionary colours and humanitarian values. It is vital for the respect and dignity of humankind that nothing from that period in history be forgotten.

When 23-year-old Bubba, who comes from a long lineage of military service, is rejected by the Army for his physical and mental health, he seeks camaraderie in the world of war re-enacting. But when he and a group of enthusiasts stage the first-ever public Vietnam War reenactment in Philadelphia, they unintentionally reignite the past traumas of the veterans they seek to honor and raise greater philosophical questions about their own fascination with guns, the realities of warfare, and mental illness.