Xavier Montanyà Explained

Xavier Montanyà Atoche
Birth Date:28 November 1961
Birth Place:Barcelona
Nationality:Spanish
Known For:Memoria negra (Black memory)
Occupation:Author and documentary filmmaker

Xavier Montanyà Atoche (born 28 November 1961) is a Spanish journalist who has written a number of investigatory books and has directed several documentaries.[1]

Career and work

Xavier Montanyà was born in Barcelona in 1961, and became a journalist and the author of documentaries.He was on the advisory board of La Vanguardia's "Cultura/s" (2002-2013), and is a collaborator of VilaWeb and Sàpiens.

His feature film Memoria negra (Black memory) was selected at the Festival of Valladolid (2006).The film, exhibited at the African Film Festival of Cordoba and other festivals, explores the problems caused by the Spanish colonization of Equatorial Guinea.[2] His 2009 Les Espions de Franco (Franco's Spies) documents the activity of Franco's spies behind the lines in the Spanish Civil War. It shows that the French police were aware of the network yet did little to stop it.[3] In his 2011 book L'or negre de la mort (The black gold of the dead) he explores the situation in the Niger Delta where multinationals are extracting (and spilling) crude oil.He discusses the corruption of the government, ecological impact, poverty and violence that affects the inhabitants.[4]

Bibliography

Filmography

Year Movie Role Notes
1996 Granados y Delgado. Un crimen legal (Granados and Delgado: A legal crime) Co-director and co-writer. 58 minutes. Silver FIPA Award, 1996
1999 Winnipeg. Palabras de un exilio (Winnipeg: Words from exile) Co-director and co-writer Production of Parallel-40 with Televisión Española, ARTE, ADL and Aquis Gran Comunicaciones
2000 "Xirinacs: de l'amnistia a la independència" (Xirinacs: from amnesty to independence" Co-director and writer
2002 Sense llibertat (Without freedom) Co-director and writer. 54 minutes
2002 "Nfumu Ngui, el goril·la blanc"Director and writer54 minutes
2004 Joan Peiró i la justicia de Franco (Joan Peiró and the justice of Franco) Director and writer
2004 "El Manifest Groc: un debat sobre la cultura catalana" Director and writer
2006 Memoria negra (Black memory) Director and co-writerDocumentary on the Spanish colonization of Equatorial Guinea. 90 minutes
2009 Espions de Franco (Franco's Spies) Director and co-writer52 minutes. Documentary on Franco's spies behind the lines in the civil war
2014 CIE, presó administrativa ("CIE, administrative jail") Co-director30 minutes. Televisio de Catalunya, program: "30 minuts".Award: Premi Francesc Candel 2015. Premi per a la Diversitat en l'Audiovisual (CAC) 2015.
2014 Xavier Vinader, periodista. Contra la guerra bruta (Xavier Vinader, journalist. Against dirty war) Co-director54 minutes. Documentary on Vinader's journalistic research reports about Spanish state dirty war in Euskal Herria against basc independentists.
2016 Vols de deportació ("Deportation flights") Co-director30 minutes. Televisio de Catalunya, program: "30 minuts".

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Xavier Montanyà . Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona . 2012-03-11.
  2. Web site: Memoria negra . FCAT . 2012-03-11.
  3. Web site: Les Espions de Franco . FIPA . 2012-03-11.
  4. Web site: L'or negre de la mort. Xavier Montanyà. Editorial Empúries. 2011. . 3 October 2011 . TINTA XINESA . 2012-03-11.