Forever Activists: Stories from the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade is a 1990 documentary film by Connie Field and Judith MontellMUBI that shares interviews with seven American veterans of the Spanish Civil War who fought for the Loyalist cause during the war and went on to live lives of activism.
Accolades It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Production It was narrated by Ronnie Gilbert.
The film makes the point that for many of the men and women who fought in the Spanish Civil War it was just one of a series of continuing social struggles that they believed in. The film's highlight is a reunion of the veterans in Spain in 1986, on the 50th anniversary of the war's outbreak.Chicago Reader
See also Abraham Lincoln Brigade Jewish volunteers in the Spanish Civil War Spanish Civil War List of American films of 1990 Other documentaries about Jewish activism Professional Revolutionary
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BFI