The Canary Islands

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The Canary Islands (1973)

Directed by Tom Alandh

Documentary · 30m

Approximately half a million Swedes vacationed to Spain in 1972, one of Europe's poorest countries who had then been controlled by Franco since 1939. 120 000 of them chose The Canary Islands as their destination. The documentary highlights and contrasts the carefree tourism with the censorship and oppression granted by a dictatorship.

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Crew

Director
Tom Alandh

Details

Original title
Kanarieöarna
Release date
1973-01-01
Runtime
30m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
SV
Spoken languages
Spanish, Swedish