Deep Nostalgia (The Anarchists) -trailer
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I attempted to humanize famous anarchists and anarchist sympathizers using the Deep Nostalgia software that brings to life old photographs utilizing motion capture technology. The additional 3D drone scans animations are of ruins of villages within anarchist territories destroyed during the Spanish Civil War. The stereotype of an anarchist has been a bearded bomb-throwing terrorist or a young masked delinquent. Anarchy has become synonymous with chaos and a selfish lack of wisdom. Anarchy is, in fact, the opposite. Anarchy strives towards a stateless order and mutual aid. Anarchism emphasises compassion, kindness, reason and equality. Adherents to anarchy ranged from Mahatma Gandhi to Bertrand Russell, from Helen Keller to Franz Kafka. For the most part, the activism of the libertarian left anarchist gave way to democratic socialism in recent years, while striving for a left-libertarian ideal, ironically within the state*. After decades of preparation, anarchists and their union, the CNT/FAI, took over much of Spain in 1936 at the beginning of the Spanish Civil war. Within a year, those regions still under their influence were undermined by the Stalinists. As the Republic fell, many who remained were imprisoned or executed during Franco’s white terror. The list of anarchist sympathizers and activists in the video: CNT militia in Barcelona Rudolf Rocker Aldous Huxley CNT soldier (International Brigade) CNT soldier Emma Goldman CNT soldier Peter Kropotkin Enrico Malatesta George Orwell Buenaventura Durruti Bertrand Russell Margaret Singer Lucy Parsons Helen Keller Franz Kafka Mikhail Bakunin Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Federica Montseny Alexander Berkman Sam Dolgoff Mahatma Gandhi Diego Abad de Santillán Voltairine de Cleyre Ester Dolgoff Nicola Sacco (after his electrocution) Nicola Sacco Emma Goldman