Bones of Contention

Name: Bones of Contention
Director: Andrea Weiss
Genre: History, Documentary
Released: 2018-03-02
Duration: 72 min
Rating: 6.0
Cast: Miguel Ángel Muñoz

201872m

★ 6.0

HistoryDocumentary

A history of the political and social repression carried out by the ruthless regime of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco between 1936 and 1975 that focuses on the lives of gays and lesbians during those dark years and the death of the Spanish gay poet Federico García Lorca.

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Watch Bones of Contention full movie online for free in HD quality on Watch Online Stream. Stream from Netflix, HBO Max, Disney+, Prime Video, and more without any subscription or sign up. A history of the political and social repression carried out by the ruthless regime of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco between 1936 and 1975 that focuses on the lives of gays and lesbians during those dark years and the death of the Spanish gay poet Federico García Lorca.

Cast

Miguel Ángel Muñoz

Himself - Narrator (voice)

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