Spanish Cinema Against Itself: Cosmopolitanism, Experimentation, MilitancySpanish Cinema against Itself maps the evolution of Spanish surrealist and politically committed cinematic traditions from their origins in the 1930s with the work of Luis Buuel and Salvador Dal, experimentalist Jos Val de Omar, and militant documentary filmmaker Carlos Velo through to the contemporary period. Framed by film theory this book traces the works of understudied and non canonical Spanish filmmakers, producers, and film collectives to open