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Los Javis filmmakers fight fascism and homophobia with β€˜La Bola Negra’

πŸ“Ί Fresh Air πŸ• October 27, 2026 at 12:07 PM
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Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi β€” known as “Los Javis” β€” have turned four pages of an unfinished play by Federico GarcΓ­a Lorca into a sweeping epic about three generations of gay men in Spain. They spoke with Tonya Mosley about making La Bola Negra, their creative partnership, and art as a weapon against fascism.Β 

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