Trazando alambradas de metal: Animación y memoria en Gurs, historia y memoria (2017) de Verónica Sáenz Giménez.

This article examines the intersections between memory, documentary, and animation through an analysis of the film Gurs, historia y memoria (2017). Verónica Sáenz's documentary incorporates animated sequences by the renowned cartoonist Paco Roca to recuperate the memories of Spanish Republican exiles in the French camp Gurs. Although the graphic novel of the Spanish Civil War has piqued the interest of academics and critics, there are few studies devoted to the intersections between this genre and animation. In this article, I propose that the animated segments of Gurs, historia y memoria function as a reflective membrane that regulates the viewer's affective response based on the affirmative and future-centric structure of hope, with the goal of reconstructing a multidirectional memory of the Gurs camp aimed at promoting solidarity with Syrian refugees. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]