The Guernica Children
UK, 2005, Cert NC, 40mins
Documentary of 4,000 Spanish children, refugees from the Civil War, who arrived in the UK in 1937. They were cared for, fed and housed by a vast voluntary organisation. Some returned to Spain whilst others made Britain their home.
Then later at 8pm
Empire of the Sun
USA, 1987, Cert PG, 152mins
A boy from a wealthy British family in Shanghai becomes a Japanese prisoner during World War 2. A sweeping tale based on J.G. Ballard's novel starring Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson and Nigel Havers. |
