 In 1989, the Memorial to the Basque Shepherd was installed in Reno, Nevada.When Basterretxea entered his seventh decade of life, he started to reflect the Basque conflict in his work.Basterretxea also engaged in film making, with short films such as "Operación H" (1963), "Pelotari" (1964), as well as "Alquézar, retablo de pasión" (1965), as well as several other documentaries.