Emotional Intelligence Documentary - What Remains: Medical Humanities Perspectives from Madrid and Toledo, Spain

Creator

• Samantha N. Lara, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow

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Creation Date

Summer 2026

Disciplines

Medical Humanities

Description

What Remains is a documentary inspired by a Medical/Health Humanities study abroad experience in Madrid and Toledo, Spain. Through museums, historic architecture, poetry, and everyday life, the film examines how human beings leave traces of themselves long after they are gone. Drawing on course themes including Plural Truths, Reason and its Discontents, The Renaissance Self, and Fragmented Modernity, the documentary explores how art and literature preserve experiences of suffering, identity, memory, and human connection. Works by Antonio Machado, Francisco de Quevedo, Francisco Goya, El Greco, and Diego Velázquez serve as lenses through which to examine the enduring nature of human stories. Ultimately, the project connects these ideas to Medical Humanities by emphasizing that patients are more than diagnoses; they are individuals with histories, relationships, and narratives that deserve understanding. The documentary asks not only what survives after death, but how people continue to live through memory, story, and the lives they touch.

Physical Description

00:13:37

Recommended Citation

Lara, Samantha N., "Emotional Intelligence Documentary - What Remains: Medical Humanities Perspectives from Madrid and Toledo, Spain" (2026). Cultivating Emotional Intelligence through the Humanities in Spain. 9.
https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/eqhumanities/9

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