La Opinión A Coruña — “Memorias de una colonia desaparecida”
Arturo Conde, La Opinión A Coruña — 5 December 2010
A longer Sunday supplement piece, under the subhead “Arthur Balder rodó su documental ‘Little Spain’ en La Nacional con la intención de recuperar la memoria de ese barrio perdido de Manhattan”.
Balder describes La Nacional as the heart of the Spanish colony: a benevolent society created by Spaniards who were doing well to help those arriving, providing meals and covering funeral costs out of respect and care for the Spanish community.
The piece records that the director first came to know New York through the settings of films, and that his reference was Taxi Driver.
La Opinión A Coruña, 5 December 2010. Full page.
La Opinión A Coruña, 5 December 2010 — “Memorias de una colonia desaparecida” (full page, PDF)
In the author’s words
“La Nacional es el corazón de la colonia española. Era una sociedad benéfica creada por los españoles a los que les iba bien para ayudar a los que venían.”
Artur Balder, La Opinión A Coruña, 5 December 2010