a review of the work and life of Llorenç Soler (València, 1936), a creative man, free and incorruptible that becomes in one of the precursors of independent documentary cinema in Spain in the 60's. In the Franco's Spain, the informative ...See morea review of the work and life of Llorenç Soler (València, 1936), a creative man, free and incorruptible that becomes in one of the precursors of independent documentary cinema in Spain in the 60's. In the Franco's Spain, the informative audio-visual speech was monopolized by TVE (Televisión Española - Spanish Television) and No-Do. Soler and other independent documentary cinema pioneers rebelled against this monolithic and authoritarian speech In this context, Soler, documentary maker almost by accident, becomes obsessed with giving voice to those who have never had the possibility of expressing, the land disowned and at the same time he becomes a great experimenter of film technique. Also, Soler has worked as documentary maker teacher, as well as from the point of view technical and stylistic to ethical and moral, influencing the next filmmaker generations. Written by
Universitat de València
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