Film Programme
Digging in Their Heels
fiction , Wed, 17:30
Spain, 2008, 21min 50sec
Director: Amanda Castro García
Synopsis:
Digging in Their Heels focuses on the events which led to the first organized response to the dictatorship by the workers’ movement and by a sector of Spanish intellectuals, in which the wives of the Asturian miners played a crucial role.
Director: Amanda Castro García
A Media graduate, Amanda has worked as assistant director for many Spanish TV dramas and feature films, among which are Dama de Porto Pim by Toni Salgot and Abre los ojos (Open your eyes) by Alejandro Amenábar. Amanda has a strong background in advertsing, working for companies such as Balay and Viva Tours and OVIEDO. She is the director of the new Filmmaking School in Avilés, Asturias (North Spain) where she currently is the Head Producer for the news at the regional tv channel Televisión del Principado de Asturias.
