The documentary can be a good start for anyone who tries to understand Catalan politics. It is a crafted work, with dozens of interviews to politicians, journalists, etc.
It shows in a very summarized way what the conflict between Catalonia and Spain has been through during the last months. It does a pretty good job comparing the politicians statements with the facts, and makes a good selection of the most important dates of the conflict. We need to bear in mind that this is not an easy job because of the excess of so-called "historic" days during the process.
It also has some flaws. In my opinion, despite trying to be impartial, it's easy to see in some aspects that it is a documentary directed from a Spanish perspective. For example, its title (two Catalonias) suggests a division in the Catalan society, which is something that Madrid media has been repeating all along, but somehow difficult to believe for someone who lives in Catalonia. There is obviously a great diversity of opinions, but all polls show that the suppport towards a Catalan referendum is somewhere between 70-80% of the people living in Catalonia. The conflict arises not because of the diversity of opinions, but for the impossibility of doing a binding referendum. But being in favour or against independence does not bring more social fracture than being in favour or against an inheritance tax, for example.
The documentary interviews about 70 people, at least 40 of them are against independence and 23 of them are pro-independence. Also some of the data offered is not 100% accurate. For example they say that only 42% of people participated in the referendum, but they do not clarify that such percentage does not include the thousands of votes seized by police.
Also, when they talk about the Comuns party they only say that is "a party against independence". Anyone who has followed Catalan politics for some time would agree that despite this being true, this is a really poor way of describing such party's approach towards independence. It is a party that has always been in favor of a referendum, with many independentists in their electoral rolls. They have insisted many times not to be counted neither in the independentist bloc, nor in the unionist one. Most media from different countries have respected that, but newspapers and TVs from Madrid have always included them in the unionist bloc.
To sum up, it is a quite entertaining piece of work that ends up showing what many Madrid citizens would consider an impartial description of what has happened in Catalonia during the last year.
It also has some flaws. In my opinion, despite trying to be impartial, it's easy to see in some aspects that it is a documentary directed from a Spanish perspective. For example, its title (two Catalonias) suggests a division in the Catalan society, which is something that Madrid media has been repeating all along, but somehow difficult to believe for someone who lives in Catalonia. There is obviously a great diversity of opinions, but all polls show that the suppport towards a Catalan referendum is somewhere between 70-80% of the people living in Catalonia. The conflict arises not because of the diversity of opinions, but for the impossibility of doing a binding referendum. But being in favour or against independence does not bring more social fracture than being in favour or against an inheritance tax, for example.
The documentary interviews about 70 people, at least 40 of them are against independence and 23 of them are pro-independence. Also some of the data offered is not 100% accurate. For example they say that only 42% of people participated in the referendum, but they do not clarify that such percentage does not include the thousands of votes seized by police.
Also, when they talk about the Comuns party they only say that is "a party against independence". Anyone who has followed Catalan politics for some time would agree that despite this being true, this is a really poor way of describing such party's approach towards independence. It is a party that has always been in favor of a referendum, with many independentists in their electoral rolls. They have insisted many times not to be counted neither in the independentist bloc, nor in the unionist one. Most media from different countries have respected that, but newspapers and TVs from Madrid have always included them in the unionist bloc.
To sum up, it is a quite entertaining piece of work that ends up showing what many Madrid citizens would consider an impartial description of what has happened in Catalonia during the last year.