I begin this collection with these double-pin brooches, crafted in silver or in copper and boxwood, created as a tribute to the film El 47, and at the same time, as a heartfelt remembrance of my grandfather, Iñigo Herrer, who drove the bus route between Terrer and Calatayud until the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War.

Film Synopsis

El 47 tells the story of a peaceful act of dissent and the grassroots neighborhood movement that, in 1978, transformed Barcelona and forever changed the image of its outskirts. Manolo Vital, a bus driver, took control of the Line 47 bus to expose a lie that the City Council insisted on repeating: that buses couldn’t climb the steep hills of the Torre Baró district. His act of defiance became a catalyst for change—a way to reclaim pride in one’s roots, and the struggle of working-class neighbors who helped build the modern Barcelona of the 1970s.

Produced by The Mediapro Studio and distributed by A Contracorriente Films, El 47 is a film written and directed by Marcel Barrena and starring Eduard Fernández, with Clara Segura, Salva Reina, and Carlos Cuevas.

Text and image sourced from (acontracorrientefilms) via the internet.